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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 9h

But we cant have healthcare. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Sean Duffy: "If we go to the south pole of the moon, we can set up a base. We want to put up fission power. We think we can have longterm stays on the south pole of the moon."

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 9h

Poor guy at Dayton airport bagel shop was running it all by himself. He was easily over 60, had a difficult time remembering orders, and his card reader was on the fritz. I keep thinking, "This poor guy is getting paid like $6 an hour with no benefits. It's a fucking wonder he showed up today."

Just a Phone Guy @phoneguy517.bsky.social · 10h

Any time you see the words “labor shortage” you can replace them with the words “unwillingness to pay a decent wage”

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Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · 15h

Combining direct lighting - as Mark the Evangelist is demonstrating by using the illuminating dove - is great for targeted tasks and emphasizing details at your desk, while indirect lighting - see the open window - creates a warm and inviting environment. Bonus: your cat will like it. #catcontent

Mark the Evangelist working at a desk, and his lion is present. The lightning dove is flying above him. This image is also part of the 1530 bible print: https://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/0011/bsb00113027/images/index.html?fip=193.174.98.30&seite=89&pdfseitex=

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TKarney @pecunium.bsky.social · 8h

needs more reskeets

Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) @funranium.bsky.social · May 8

Okay. The people have spoken.

For every reskeet this gets, I will post a random picture from my camera roll with no explanation (other than alt text).

Let the games begin.

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TKarney @pecunium.bsky.social · 8h

Today I realised.

(not that I didn’t know, but Rhotic/non-Rhotic are things I have to hear. I don’t see them when I read)

Joe Griffin @thejoegriffin.bsky.social · 13h

I keep forgetting that English people add a phoenetic 'r' where there's a vowel. That's why I didn't get that name 'Shaun the Sheep' was a pun for a good 10 years.

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Silverman on Security @silvermansecurity.bsky.social · 9h

Duffy was elected to Congress as part of the tea party wave. The tea party movement was astroturf funded by the Kochs & boosted by Murdoch on Fox, in the Post, & by Sinclair at their local affiliates. The only mass movements Duffy has any experience w/are funded by ultra-high net worth people.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Sean Duffy: "The No Kings protest, Maria, really frustrating. This is part of antifa, paid protesters. It begs the question who's funding it."

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TKarney @pecunium.bsky.social · 8h

The Internet of Things is Shit.

Danny Palmer @dannypalmer.bsky.social · 13h

The future is great, huh?

"A software update to Jeep 4xE models caused major malfunctions over the weekend – leaving many owners stranded and some in danger after their power failed."

www.thestack.technology/jeep-softwar...

Jeep software update bricks vehicles

“Please exercise extreme caution”

www.thestack.technology

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Liz Bourke @hawkwinglb.bsky.social · 11h

It's not true and they know it, but it expresses how they feel, and often how they feel is racist as hell.

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Liz Bourke @hawkwinglb.bsky.social · 11h

I keep returning to this piece on the emotional and political logic of sharing deepfakes by people who *know* they're fakes. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/se...

Claire Wilmot | Fascistic Dream Machines

Part of the misunderstanding of the deepfake threat stems from the idea that it is a problem of bad information, rather...

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Darin Self @darinself.com · 9h

One lesson for pro-democracy advocates currently sitting in opposition around the world -- hammer incumbents on corruption and link strengthening liberal democracy (aka accountability) to anti-corruption efforts.

Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 10h

This is what I pay the New York Times for: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/w...
[Gift link]

Viktor Orban’s ‘Propaganda State’ Is Starting to Show Cracks

www.nytimes.com

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TKarney @pecunium.bsky.social · 8h

Because, in my experience (i.e. a career) this is a stereotypical misconception.

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TKarney @pecunium.bsky.social · 8h

How long were you in service?

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Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) @funranium.bsky.social · 1d

516.

Screenshot of aeschlus-stan account

“I hate it when I’m trying to look up a good golem recipe and the rabbi prefaces it with ten paragraphs about his life in 17th century Prague. Like, I feel for you, Maharai, but there are anti-semites going unsuplexed while I’m searching for the ingredient list.”

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 9h

- It is legal to organize and fund protest.
- That someone organizes and funds promotion of a protest does not mean most, some, or any protesters are paid.
- Even if all protesters are paid, that is also legal
- It is good to oppose kings and fascism
- That's not what what "begs the question" means

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Sean Duffy: "The No Kings protest, Maria, really frustrating. This is part of antifa, paid protesters. It begs the question who's funding it."

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onion person @junlper.beer · 9h

it will always baffle me how democrats will cede all narratives to the far right on topics like immigration, whenever the right gets in office public opinion slides against them on this issue and you’ll see your average american protesting against ICE. dems need to stop ceding ground

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 1d

Is life often terrible? Yes.
Are there still always people out there going “Let’s make a cool ass thing for other people to see?” Also yes.

Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 1d

"The World of the Dark Crystal" documentary (1983, 1 hour) is available for free on Youtube.
>> www.catsuka.com/breves/2025-...

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Not the Governor of North Carolina; got the handle first @joshstein.bsky.social · 9h

Bari Weiss hits the ground running.

David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 9h

CBS News picking up an anti-Mamdani story from The Free Press and...misspelling his name. Oy.

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TKarney @pecunium.bsky.social · 8h

And why the Guard (and to a lesser degree, the Reserves) are more likely to balk.

1: older

2: in normal times serving near home.

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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 9h

The Free Press framing of DSA as a Dem Tea Party is also indicative of their willingness to lie.

DSA has what? One member of Congress now? They don't have anything like Koch money. Also, what conspiracies and violent rhetoric do they spread?

It's not analogous. Bari's narrative here is a lie.

How the DSA Became the Democrats' Tea Party
Zohran Mamdani isn't the fringe anymore. He represents the ideological center around which the party is...
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OLIVIA REINGOLD

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TKarney @pecunium.bsky.social · 8h

Then let them go.

Those are exactly the cops you don’t want.

(never mind that every iteration of this I’ve ever seen was all bluster, no muster)

@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 10h

CBS News would never put a thinly sourced 'story' by a rookie blogger like this on it's air. Until now. The Free Press isn't a journalism outlet, it's bloggers aren't reporters. This piece is more NYPost than Tiffany Network but I guess that's the goal.

www.cbsnews.com/video/some-n...

Some NYPD officers worry about Mandani becoming the NYC mayor, The Free Press reports

The Free Press spoke to several New York City Police Department officers who are worried about Zohran Mamdani becoming mayor. Olivia Reingold joins CBS News with more.

www.cbsnews.com

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 9h

Old CBS would’ve probably spelled the guy’s name right, too.

@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 10h

CBS News would never put a thinly sourced 'story' by a rookie blogger like this on it's air. Until now. The Free Press isn't a journalism outlet, it's bloggers aren't reporters. This piece is more NYPost than Tiffany Network but I guess that's the goal.

www.cbsnews.com/video/some-n...

Some NYPD officers worry about Mandani becoming the NYC mayor, The Free Press reports

The Free Press spoke to several New York City Police Department officers who are worried about Zohran Mamdani becoming mayor. Olivia Reingold joins CBS News with more.

www.cbsnews.com

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🏳️‍⚧️🇨🇦 Valkyrie Eleison @anitmata.bsky.social · 9h

Volkswagon did this, got caught, and these assholes decided to try it again

Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 10h

Some of the world's biggest carmakers manipulated diesel emissions tests because they "would rather cheat than comply with the law", lawyers for over 1.6 million claimants told London's High Court on Monday, at the start of a huge trial.

Carmakers accused in huge UK lawsuits of cheating diesel emissions tests

Some of the world's biggest carmakers manipulated diesel emissions tests because they "would rather cheat than comply with the law", lawyers for over 1.6 million claimants told London's High Court on Monday, at the start of a huge trial.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 9h

It's important to note that there are plenty of reactionaries in Portland itself (as discussed in the thread below). And also, there are moderates and liberals in every community in Oregon as well! bsky.app/profile/seth...

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 7d

A major reason why Republicans in Portland are "an endangered species" is that the OR GOP as an institution has become one of the more radically far right, state-level parties in the country. And in a state party gone off the deep end, the Multnomah county GOP stands out for its extremism.

Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 9d

This was lazy reporting, and the Times would have done better for its audience exploring why so many Portlanders voted in DSA council. Article includes nothing from these voters. Describing Republicans in Portland as an “endangered species” is a choice.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/u...

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 9h

Intergenerational tension is a thing in any modern society, but in Oregon those tensions often map onto one's feelings about Portland. Young kids who don't fit in somewhere in Oregon will dream about escaping their families/towns and moving to Portland. Conservative parents fear this will happen.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 9h

I'd add just one wrinkle to what C.E. has said here--and that has to do with the place of Portland in the imaginations of the more reactionary Oregon libertarians who live outside of Portland (or Eugene). Nothing says "Oregon libertarian" like wanting to impose authoritarian control over Portland.

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