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Bobby Silverman @robertsilverman.bsky.social · Aug 9

At @wtevs.bsky.social's BASKETBALL FEELINGS, the Zesty KAT stuff took me right back to my own dumb childhood jock dreams and the ugly homophobia that’s seeping into ever corner of the current fascist moment—even the '24-25 Knicks. www.basketballfeelings.com/p/exits-some...

Exits: Something darker

Writer Robert Silverman on the Knicks, the authoritarian need of humiliation, outgrowing childhood fears, and Karl-Anthony Towns.

www.basketballfeelings.com

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Bobby Silverman @robertsilverman.bsky.social · 7h

grok make me a vid of Fatty Arbuckle yamming a 360° dunk on F. Scott Fitzgerald's head

Bobby Silverman @robertsilverman.bsky.social · 7h

and while we're here, Tim, I'm pretty sure that Hitler did in fact target and do a great deal of harm to Jews after gaining power. He didn't just go after "rival enemy nations." It was in the newspapers and everything.

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Bobby Silverman @robertsilverman.bsky.social · 7h

speaking of which, tonight Tim Pool said he agrees w/ Hitler's argument that Jewish Germans weren't *actually Germans*, or not "ethnically German," as he put it. You know, just not darn aryan enough

The GOP is explicitly racist and fascist, from the lowest podcast bro all the way to the White House

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Joey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social · 9h

It truly appears that the desire to say this sort of stuff without being socially ostracized and so on has been a main driver of one side of our politics from the "anti-PC" 1990s all the way through the "anti-woke" / "anti-DEI" present.

A true political juggernaut, this desire certain people have.

Politico @politico.com · 18h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Bobby Silverman @robertsilverman.bsky.social · 9h

fair

Bobby Silverman @robertsilverman.bsky.social · 9h

please let me know if he mentions his OkCupid profile

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 19h

1/Stop everything and read/watch/bookmark this massive investigation between @motherjones.com @lighthousereports.com Le Monde, Der Spiegel, Paper Trail Media a vast global surveillance empire used to target politicians, journalists, tech CEOs, and... Jared Leto.
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The surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe you

We uncovered a massive data trove. It revealed the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe.

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Bobby Silverman @robertsilverman.bsky.social · 10h

is it hukky time already?

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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 10h

I can't believe we're still talking about this

aftermath.site/hasan-piker-...

hasan ranting while his dog, kaya, attempts to leave her spot

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Bobby Silverman @robertsilverman.bsky.social · 10h

the prophecy is fulfilled

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Bobby Silverman @robertsilverman.bsky.social · 11h

I've been hovering digital articles (and books and movies and tv shows and on and on) for so long, this felt like a shock to the system. I honking love reading. My first spoken word was "book" ffs. But the digital medium really makes reading so much less rewarding

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Bobby Silverman @robertsilverman.bsky.social · 11h

This AM someone left a 2012 issue of the New Yorker on the subway. My phone was nearly dead and so I decided to read the mag. By god, it was so much more relaxing and pleasurable—not just b/c it was from The Before Times. The physical and intellectual exp. of takin in printed words was just *better*

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Bobby Silverman @robertsilverman.bsky.social · 11h

Anna, I think you should tell them (politely) that they can use your reporting in exchange for Shane Smith's Entourage mansion

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 17h

If you were an admin or member of one of the Facebook groups that the DOJ jawboned Facebook into censoring, we want to talk to you!

Please shoot me a message,

Rtorney Pamela
' @AGPamBondi
Today following outreach from @thejusticedept, Facebook removed a
large group page that was being used to dox and target
@lCEgov
in Chicago.
The wave of violence against ICE has been driven by online apps and
social media campaigns designed to put ICE officers at risk just for doing
their jobs. The Departrnent of Justice will continue engaging tech
companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent
violence against federal law enforcernent.
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Tim Marchman @timmarchman.bsky.social · 13h

The boring and obvious take that anti-woke positions have the effect (and in many cases the intent) of making it acceptable in polite circles to be a degenerate racist was and remains correct.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 13h

BREAKING: Marco Rubio's State Department announces publicly that it is exercising unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination in revoking people's visas based on comments about the killing of Charlie Kirk.

Department of State v
@StateDept
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The United States has no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans.
The State Department continues to identify visa holders who celebrated the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk. Here are just a few examples of aliens who are no longer welcome in the U.S.:
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 13h

“The State Department said Tuesday it had determined they should lose their visas after reviewing their online social media posts and clips about Kirk, who was killed while speaking at an Utah college campus on Sept. 10.”

US revokes visas for 6 foreigners over Charlie Kirk-related speech

The Trump administration has revoked the visas of six foreigners deemed by U.S. officials to have made derisive comments or made light of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk last m...

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 14h

He really put a "but I'm different" in his eulogy. What a mind.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Trump at the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually."

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Bobby Silverman @robertsilverman.bsky.social · 14h

*fading, dangit. Send me to Beck Jail

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Bobby Silverman @robertsilverman.bsky.social · 14h

Is something wrong because your mind is gone?

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Bobby Silverman @robertsilverman.bsky.social · 14h

once you go Yacc, you never go back

Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 14h

I am dating Linda Yaccarino

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Bobby Silverman @robertsilverman.bsky.social · 14h

I'm going to keep posting this 2017 Pareene article till it stops being relevant (forever?) www.splinter.com/charlottesvi...

Charlottesville Was a Preview of the Future of the Republican Party

Splinter is your home for news and opinions that challenge power in our political and economic system that's becoming more unhinged each and every day.

www.splinter.com

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Bobby Silverman @robertsilverman.bsky.social · 15h

does the show itself *break the rules* of podcasting? It should, imo

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Sen. Pumpkin Gogurt @ugarles.bsky.social · 17h

this explains a lot

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 18h

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Trump announces another strike "just off the Coast of Venezuela" that killed 6 people

Under my Standing Authorities as Commander-in-Chief, this morning, the Secretary of War, ordered a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization (DTO) conducting narcotrafficking in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility — just off the Coast of Venezuela. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was trafficking narcotics, was associated with illicit narcoterrorist networks, and was transiting along a known DTO route. The strike was conducted in International Waters, and six male narcoterrorists aboard the vessel were killed in the strike. No U.S. Forces were harmed. Thank you for your attention to this matter!!!!!!

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