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Sean Yoda Rouse
@seanyodarouse.bsky.social
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A married UC Berkeley alum who enjoys Star Wars, Disney, California (the state AND the Golden Bears), Craft Beer, and other stuff. Go Bears
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Sean Yoda Rouse @seanyodarouse.bsky.social · 41m
Enjoy the Cal Band and UC Rally Committee marching up from Sather Gate to California Memorial Stadium before the Virginia game (11/1/2025)

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Cal Band and Rally Comm March to Memorial
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Andrew Perez @andrewperez.bsky.social · 3h
Just the face you want to see endorsing your campaign on the eve of the election
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Ken Plume @kenplume.bsky.social · 22h
A little snippet of Jim Henson on the children’s show WONDERAMA, from December 1974, answering where the name “Muppets” came from while trying to fix Kermit’s arm rod...
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Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 2h
What’s the D incentive to play ball when the Republican Congress has (and will) make no effort to stop the executive from flouting the appropriations process?
wsj.com The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 11h
Exclusive: Hundreds of travel businesses, including casinos, hotels and convention bureaus, are asking Congress to end the shutdown, citing worries about the holiday travel season.
Travel Industry Sounds Alarm Over Government Shutdown
Hundreds of travel businesses, including casinos, hotels and convention bureaus, are asking Congress to end the shutdown, citing worries about the holiday travel season.
on.wsj.com
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Ken Plume @kenplume.bsky.social · 22h
I’ve mentioned before just how remarkably quick Jim Henson could be in talk show appearances, while remaining completely un-self-conscious about appearing onscreen in front of an audience while performing, and this 1985 exchange with the late Terry Wogan is a gem of an example of that skill...
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 2h
this is not gonna go how they think. immigrant priests span as wide a political spectrum as any other group of Americans. plenty of them are deeply entrenched in conservative religious communities where having your pastor picked up by ICE might be the first thing that breaks through to you
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Zoomer Antimillenarian ♨️ @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 2h
The thing about the US is that literal fucking Nazism is never going to play well and the Fuentes-Carlson faction wants to put on the snazzy armband and the toothbrush mustache and everything, and force every Republican to do the same.

This is very, very dangerous. It's also gonna be bad for them.
esqueer.net Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 3h
Ben Shapiro was just ratioed by Nick Fuentes on X after Shapiro called out Tucker Carlson and Fuentes for their antisemitism.

The neo nazi right is fully taking over the republican party.
Screenshot of an X post by Nicholas J. Fuentes replying to Ben Shapiro. Fuentes’s post lists a series of rejections: “No to Ben Shapiro, No to the neocons, No to dual citizens, No to Benjamin Netanyahu, No to cancel culture, No to genocide and ethnic cleansing, No to the Christ-hating Talmud, No to Greater Israel, No to our Jewish oligarchy,” followed by “AMERICA FIRST. AMERICA FOREVER 🇺🇸.” Below, it shows Ben Shapiro’s earlier post saying, “No to the groypers. No to cowards like Tucker Carlson, who normalize their trash. No to those who champion them. No to demoralization…,” along with an image of Shapiro speaking into a microphone on his show “The Ben Shapiro Show.”
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doomnuken @doomnuken.bsky.social · Jun 24
BREAKING NEWS: Joffrey Baratheon,King of the Andals and the First Men
Lord of the Seven Kingdoms
Protector of the Realm, endorses Andrew Cuomo.
a young man wearing a crown is sitting on a wooden throne
ALT: a young man wearing a crown is sitting on a wooden throne
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 2h
This is kind of lovely
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Djinn & Tonic 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇬🇱 @djinnandtonic.bsky.social · 3h
Me when I saw my art in the background of the Zohran ad
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Jeet Heer @jeetheer.bsky.social · 3h
This isn't a closing election argument, it's Vidkun Quisling explaining why surrender is better than resistance.
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tweety fish @sifu.tweety.fish · 3h
the thing about the oligarchs is they are so rich that there is no media business big enough to move the needle for them. the paramount/cbs/maybe wbd is getting bought by larry ellison as a vanity project for his son, its success of failure as a business is utterly irrelevant to him
asherelbein.bsky.social Asher Elbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 3h
I can't disagree with any of this, except to say it's not even really about the money, per se: the bosses will happily nuke a perfectly profitable enterprise just because they don't like it, understand it, or think it should exist
melbuer.bsky.social Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 9h
It’s not ever about the numbers—you can bring insane audience engagement, views, eyeballs to your verticals, shape the conversation in wonderful ways, win awards and on and on

And they still will nuke your job and your entire desk in the name of capital consolidation and kissing the fucking ring
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M&M Adventures @mmadventures.bsky.social · 2h
This is actually true. Praise Jesus, every time he keeps his hands off himself.
theonion.com The Onion @theonion.com · 8h
Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’
Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’
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Point Blank Sandwich Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 2h
This is more or less where I am. Would I vote Mamdani in normal times? No. Would I support him over fascists and their throne-sniffing toadies? Fucking absolutely.

Nobody stopped Freddie Oversteegen to ask if she was a socialist when she was luring Nazis into the woods and killing them.
thebulwark.com The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 4h
"The Sanders/Mamdani style of democratic socialism is, whatever its merits, at least compatible with America’s tradition of liberal democracy. The Trump style of national socialism is not."
Donald Trump Is a Commie
Bernie’s democratic socialism is still compatible with liberal democracy. Trump’s national socialism is not. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
www.thebulwark.com
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GuyWhoNeverWenttoEpsteinsIsland @ratelimitexceeder.bsky.social · 10h
And of course CNN wants fake conflict for coverage. A real "everybody wins" (derogatory) situation.
ratelimitexceeder.bsky.social GuyWhoNeverWenttoEpsteinsIsland @ratelimitexceeder.bsky.social · 10h
All the geniuses at CNN think pitting Spanberger et al against Mamdani makes them angry but it's exactly what both sides want. Spanberger can say "I'm not some radical, vote for me Mr. Moderate who hates DOGE" and Mamdani can say "look I'm not establishment CIA shill" and Brooklyn will go crazy.
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Lynda Carter @lyndacarter.bsky.social · 10h
Estoy celebrando el Día de los Muertos.
I honor my mother, Juanita, who raised me to be strong and passionate.
I honor my grandmother, Martina, who came to the United States as an undocumented immigrant child.
Art by OneBluebird
Gothic drawing of Wonder Woman with sugar skull
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Cathy Gellis @cathygellis.bsky.social · 10h
Teen Vogue proved that there's a market for keeping young people informed. Can we launch a new outlet to profit from it?
reichlinmelnick.bsky.social Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 10h
Teen Vogue did some great journalism around immigration detention and enforcement. Sounds like corporate has now killed that off.

The media landscape shrinks even further.
leximcmenamin.com Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 10h
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 10h
Absolutely amazing: they've got so much solar in Australia that they need more people to use more of it, so the gov't has instructed energy retailers to offer *at least three hours of free power* during the middle of the day.

Meanwhile fossil-addled US struggles with an energy-price crisis ...
Energy retailers to be directed to offer free power three hours a day
Saying there is enough solar power for everyone in the daytime, Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen will direct retailers to provide three hours of free power every day to consumers.
www.abc.net.au
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 10h
Gonna reup this AGAIN. It includes a timeline of the Jan6 investigation was it was public in January. It shows, among other things, the EP privilege fights started in June 2022 lasted THROUGH the time Smith was appointed in November, until April 2023.

www.emptywheel.net/2025/01/15/w...
What Jack Smith Didn't Say about the January 6 Investigation - emptywheel
As part of Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein’s summary of the Jack Smith report, they argued that “Smith [came] to Garland’s defense” regarding his conduct of the January 6 investigation before Smith was ...
www.emptywheel.net
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Hastin @hastin.net · 10h
Great trade article on Sizzler and how they are reinventing themselves by going full retro:

www.qsrmagazine.com/story/sizzle...
Sizzler's Latest Rebirth is About Getting Back to its Roots—Not Reinventing Them
Robert Clark acknowledges this isn’t the first “Sizzler rebirth” he’s been a part of in his 41 years with the company. He began in 1984 when, in a lot of pundits’ eyes, the brand owned and invented a ...
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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 10h
If you’re celebrating Godzilla Day without a Godzilla (1998) Taco Bell car cup holder you’re doing it wrong.
Print ad for Godzilla (1998) Taco Bell promotional tie-in car cup holder.
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John Panzer @johnpanzer.com · 10h
This is the kind of coverage that Teen Vogue just decided to stop doing.
leximcmenamin.com Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 1d
dissatisfied by the New York Times coverage of Zohran Mamdani?

great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
Zohran Mamdani's Establishment-Fighting Campaign Built Community for Young People
“What Mamdani has done is not only inspire and mobilize young people, but he has exposed the establishment and some of their calcified views of participation and inclusion.”
www.teenvogue.com
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Michael Andersen @mjandersen.bsky.social · 10h
Did you ever wonder why Stephen Sondheim made a cameo appearance in Knives Out: Glass Onion, or what inspired movies like Michael Douglas' "The Game" and Disney's "Midnight Madness"?

Both of those answers can be found in the book "Matching Minds with Sondheim". Here's a review, explaining why.
Stephen Sondheim Loved Puzzles More Than You | ARGNet: Alternate Reality Gaming Network
Matching Minds with Sondheim is a book that explores the composer and lyricist's enduring passion for puzzles and games, and the lasting impact his works have left on the space.
www.argn.com
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 11h
JUST IN: 11th Circuit politely tells Judge Aileen Cannon to get moving on motions seeking to unseal remainder of Special Counsel Jack Smith's final report. Basically, gives her 60 days to act or appeals court will take further action. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
#11 in In re: Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia Unive (11th Cir., 25-13403) – CourtListener.com
ORDER: Motion for writ of mandamus filed by Petitioner American Oversight is HELD in abeyance. [10567702-2] in 25-13400, Motion for writ of mandamus filed by Petitioner Knight First Amendment Institut...
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Molly White @molly.wiki · 10h
From the House Oversight Committee report published last week: “The authority to grant pardons is not provided to the president’s inner circle. ... The president must make the decisions, and the courts can hold pardons void if the decisions are made by others.”
The investigation’s findings, detailed herein, make clear that, as President Biden was losing command of himself throughout his time in office, his executive actions—especially pardons, of which there are many—cannot all be deemed his own. The authority to grant pardons is not provided to the president’s inner circle. Nor can it be delegated to particular staff when a president’s competency is in question. Importantly, even if this authority could be delegated— which it cannot—it would have to be expressly delegated by President Biden himself. The Constitution is clear: “The President shall . . . have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States.”33 And constitutional scholars have explained, “The history confirms that the Constitution’s location of the pardon power is significant. The president must make the decisions, and the courts can hold pardons void if the decisions are made by others.”34 The Committee recommends the Department of Justice investigate all of former President Biden’s executive actions, particularly clemency actions, to assess whether legal action must be taken to void any action that the former president did not, in fact, take himself.
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