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Squilliam Fancyson @recentlydiscovered.bsky.social · 17h

Especially gross about this is the fact that they're using AAVE while saying all this racist shit

onion person @junlper.beer · 21h

these people know how extreme they are

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Andrew ***New*** @andrew-reads.bsky.social · 2d

Life if short, see your homies naked

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 6d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

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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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 10d

How exactly is this different from Kristallnacht?

Kristina Cooke @kristinacooke.bsky.social · 11d

I spoke to a Venezuelan woman who was arrested in this raid and later released with her 4yo son. She said agents broke down their door, pointed guns at them and made sexualized remarks about Venezuelan women. When she returned to her apartment it was boarded up and all her possessions were gone.

Ted Hesson @tedhesson.bsky.social · 11d

US Border Patrol raid sweeps in citizens, families as Chicago crackdown intensifies, w/ @reneehickman.bsky.social @kristinacooke.bsky.social www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

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[foreign Object] @jcoglan.com · 15d

is it physically impossible to operate a tech company without doing business with wanted war criminals or what

tierney cyren @bnb.im · 15d

fuck vercel, fuck Next.js, fuck Svelte, fuck Turborepo, fuck SWR, fuck SWC

Posing with the architect of a genocide for sales leads is an insane and deeply immoral stance

these projects cannot separate themselves from the CEO of the company who funds them

Tweet from Guillermo Rauch, featuring a picture of him and Benjamin Netanyahu, and tweet text:

“🇺🇸 🇮🇱 🇦🇷

Enjoyed my discussion with PM Netanyahu on how AI education and literacy will keep our free societies ahead.

We spoke about AI empowering everyone to build software and the importance of ensuring it serves quality and progress.

Optimistic for peace, safety, and greatness for Israel and its neighbors.”

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 16d

hero of the fucking week

WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 16d

ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards

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Caræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city · 21d

extremely devastated to know the train cops are worse than normal cops

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Caræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city · 21d

ooookay this is a nightmare???

The City

David said he was then handcuffed to a wall in a cell inside Penn Station, where he heard one officers say to others, "yeah, we got three more fag pervs." He later asked them for a cup of water and was told, "sure, you want a steak too?"

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wint @dril.bsky.social · Jul 31

watching you dildo brain cock suckers play w/ AI shit is like watching a dog paw at one of those puzzle boxes that you put treats inside of

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Arlington County Board @arlcountyboard.bsky.social · 23d

Early voting started Sept 19th in Arlington. Cast your ballot at Courthouse Plaza today or plan ahead for additional locations opening in October.

Check hours, locations, and ballot details here: vote.arlingtonva.gov/Early-Voting

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alboo @captainacab.airbud.website · 22d

not gonna lie i hope some of you get raptured im tired of your shit

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Squilliam Fancyson @recentlydiscovered.bsky.social · 23d

@shadowtodd.bsky.social Another entry for the Stop collection: Memory Song from A Strange Loop (0:30 here)
youtu.be/A7Z-uTEn67A?...

Memory Song from A Strange Loop

YouTube video by NewYorkTheater

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 24d

Ned Price @nedprice
X.com
On a single Saturday in September:
--Trump instructed his AG to go after specific political enemies.
--We learned that his DOJ ended an investigation into his border czar, who was caught on camera taking a $50k cash bribe.
--His Pentagon top brass threatened to expel journalists who report info not cleared by them.
--His WH spoke to a shady deal that will see TikTok in the hands of a consortium of GOP mega-donors.
--Trump threatened "bad things" if we don't retake Bagram AFB.
--His most senior counterterrorism official is in a Twitter spat with Laura Loomer.
None of this is normal. All of it is so dangerous and corrosive to our democracy.
8:41 PM • 9/20/25 • 104K Views

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ceej @ceej.online · 24d

lot of people immediately able to grasp why this is bad still making excuses for posting on twitter

CNN @cnn.com · 24d

The United States will have control over TikTok’s algorithm in the acquisition of the social media platform’s US operations, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said.

US will complete TikTok deal ‘in coming days’ and control its algorithm, White House says | CNN Business

The United States will have control over TikTok’s algorithm in the acquisition of the social media platform’s US operations, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Saturday.

www.cnn.com

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Juni! 🥰 @literallyjustadog.online · 25d

this is a zero tolerance anti- Harry potter account. I'm not even kidding at this point. genuinely. stop associating with the franchise in any and all ways or get the fuck out of my replies

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alexis simpson @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 25d

who up putting the ASS in Class Warfare

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 26d

ABC News:

“At least 13 people have been wounded, five critically, in two shootings that erupted over a span of 12 hours at homeless encampments in Minneapolis.”

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · Apr 28

On this day 80 years ago, Benito Mussolini was executed by an Italian partisan in Giulino di Mezzegra, then hung from the Piazzale Loreto in Milan the following day.

Happy Mussolini Execution Day to all who celebrate.

The corpse of Mussolini (second from left) next to Petacci (middle) and other executed fascists in Piazzale Loreto, Milan, 1945

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Washington Post Guild @postguild.bsky.social · 29d

The Washington Post wrongly fired Opinions columnist Karen Attiah over her social media posts. The Post not only flagrantly disregarded standard disciplinary processes, it also undermined its own mandate to be a champion of free speech.

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YouGov America @today.yougov.com · 28d

NEW Economist/YouGov Sep 12-15: Immigration
% who say federal agents should | shouldn't be allowed to stop people based solely on factors such as race or ethnicity, language, or field of work
U.S. adult citizens 19% | 66%
Democrats 5% | 92%
Republicans 40% | 37%
today.yougov.com/politics/art...

A chart of YouGov polling data with the headline: "Most Americans say immigration agents should not be allowed
to stop people based solely on race or ethnicity, language, or field of work."

The chart's sub-headline is: "Should federal immigration agents be allowed to stop people based solely on factors such as their race or ethnicity, language, or field of work? (%)."

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · Sep 15

And yes, I was the last Black full-time columnist in the Opinion section.

Washington Post -- operating in a city which for a long time has been majority Black, is now without any full-time Black opinion writers.

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Squilliam Fancyson @recentlydiscovered.bsky.social · Nov 14

Instant left swipe

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jetpack-hulahoop.bsky.social @jetpack-hulahoop.bsky.social · Sep 13

quoting the dead is a fireable offense

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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · Sep 13

I think it's a good time to admit that "debate", as a hobby or an art or whatever you want to call it, actively fuckin' sucks. It just reduces all political thought into a ping pong match of who can talk faster. It's karaoke for poli sci majors.

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Squilliam Fancyson @recentlydiscovered.bsky.social · Sep 13

Hey just FYI this take sucks