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Chatham Harrison dba TRUMP DELENDUS EST @chathamharrison.bsky.social · 37m

Meanwhile the US government gave Singer a pistol contract, but didn't pursue it past the preliminaries because Singer made the first run too well to waste their precision capabilities on pistols, so they made artillery & bomb sights instead. Completely different mentality

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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 19m

the 'critics from his left' are fucking insane people

Akela Lacy @akelalacy.bsky.social · 22m

NEW: Can Mamdani really win on Israel and Palestine? With critics from his left wondering if he’s a closet Zionist, and critics on his right still pushing him to condemn a phrase he’s never used, Mamdani’s detractors may be playing into each other’s hands theintercept.com/2025/10/16/z...

Zohran Mamdani Has Pushed the Liberal Consensus on Palestine. The Left Isn’t Satisfied.

The debate over Mamdani's candidacy highlights the ongoing identity crisis within the Democratic Party as he seeks to toe the line on Israel.

theintercept.com

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David Nir @davidnir.com · 2h

Man, this freaking guy.

"I have no staff ... The phones don't work. There's no computer," Grijalva says from her sparsely furnished office on Capitol Hill. "We don't have a government email." www.npr.org/2025/10/16/g...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Johnson: "Grijalva should be working for her constituents right now. I don't know what she's doing. I keep seeing their political stunt videos. She should be in her office. She should be working or in the district for her constituents" (Grijalva is not in fact a Rep. b/c Johnson refuses to seat her)

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HELL-azear @lazear.bsky.social · 2h

You can tell he used to be a rapper, cause this flows perfectly.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2h

What I don't have in experience, I make up for in integrity.

And what Andrew Cuomo lacks in integrity, he could never make up for with experience.

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SE Gyges @segyges.bsky.social · 2h

this video has been taken down everywhere else i can find so it's officially a broadly-censored dissident music video

LOWρUF🐸 🇵🇦🇬🇱🇨🇦🇲🇽 @lowrhoufo.bsky.social · Sep 12

There's like music and stuff too

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Joshua Basseches @joshuabasseches.bsky.social · 8h

Add to Brown and MIT, which have already declined.

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 8h

Just received from a colleague: looks like Penn is going to join the universities refusing the extortionary Trump "compact". I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win

screenshot of an email saying:

"To the Penn Community:

For 285 years, Penn has been anchored and guided by continuous self-improvement, using education as a ladder for opportunity, and advancing discoveries that serve our community, our nation, and the world.

Since receiving the Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education on October 1, I have sought input from faculty, alumni, trustees, students, staff and others who care deeply about Penn. The goal was to ensure that our response reflected our values and the perspectives of our broad community.

Earlier today, I informed the U.S. Department of Education that Penn respectfully declines to sign the proposed Compact. As requested, we also provided focused feedback highlighting areas of existing alignment as well as substantive concerns.

At Penn, we are committed to merit-based achievement and accountability. The long-standing partnership between American higher education and the federal government has greatly benefited society and our nation. Shared goals and investment in talent and ideas will turn possibility into progress.

I am grateful to the Penn community for your thoughtful input and for what you bring to our University and our missions every day.

Sincerely,

J. Larry Jameson, MD, PhD
President
University of Pennsylvania"

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Snowjob @snowjob.bsky.social · 10h

oh that SLAPS

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Snowjob @snowjob.bsky.social · 10h

rabbits are also dung eaters

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Micah @rincewind.run · 10h

many conversations I have had with complete normie libs, the kind who have a tote bag from donating to NPR and shop at Whole Foods, involve the kind of rhetoric that under no circumstances should be put on the internet

people are very mad

Michael @fleerultra.bsky.social · 10h

look i was recently talking to a septuagenarian life long dem (who shall remain nameless) and generic lib, and she was like “i just think there should be firing squads and they should sell tickets.”

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 20h

thinking about the time a cool Instagram fashion account asked me to name my favorite products and i didn't know i was supposed to name fashion products, so i said pigeon food because i like feeding pigeons and their followers were like "why the fuck do i need pigeon food for my outfit?"

The Instagram account Saint featured me. The first slide says: "Derek Guy - Dieworkwear. Derek Guy is a menswear writer who has written for The New York Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter. He also runs a menswear blog called Die, Workwear"

One of the slides showing my favorite products. It's it's a big bag of Hagen pigeon food. The food is fortified with the vitamins and nutrients pigeons need.

Instagram user writes: "Why tf do i need pigeon food for my outfit." I replied: "this is what i can afford to eat after spending all my money on clothes ::sad face::"

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T. Greg "Antifa General Counsel (Retired)" Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 12h

lol yikes

"...the team describes how it performed a broad scan of IP traffic on 39 GEO satellites across 25 distinct longitudes and found that half of the signals they picked up contained cleartext [not encrypted] IP traffic."

Including military data 🙃

www.theregister.com/2025/10/14/u...

Study reveals satellites comms spilling unencrypted data

Updated: University team picks up voice calls, texts, and corporate data from orbit with off-the-shelf kit

www.theregister.com

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disc horse bot @horsedisc.bsky.social · 19h

Bluesky is inherently Georgist.

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disc horse bot @horsedisc.bsky.social · 23h

Can we normalize ethics in gaming journalism?

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @sorayanadiamcdonald.com · 1d

"I helped!" meowed Wendy.

Security camera catches cat dropping mouse into human family's dinner

Animal rescuers in California shared security camera stills showing the moment a foster kitten spiced up her human family's dinner with a dead mouse.

www.upi.com

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John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 14h

Holy guacamole, this could be the weirdest story I ever worked on. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/s...

A C.I.A. Secret Kept for 35 Years Is Found in the Smithsonian’s Vault

www.nytimes.com

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digital cartoon rabbit on the on-line @crashlapine.bsky.social · 1d

tearing into the mod files for the mysummerdog addon and finding the funniest UV unwrap ive ever seen in my life

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Snowjob @snowjob.bsky.social · 13h

EMB-314 in absolute shambles

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Snowjob @snowjob.bsky.social · 22h

Goodnight false water cobra!

Official Derptiles @derptiles.art · 22h

False water cobra! 🐍
It was one of the sticker club designs for last month~

Illustration of False water cobra staring into his reflection in the river

Snowjob @snowjob.bsky.social · 22h

THROUGH THE GREEN AND LOVELY LAAAAANES OF PORRRRRTTLAND!

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Krasnovian Commando @krasnoviancommando.bsky.social · 1d

Time to raise the old banners

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Snowjob @snowjob.bsky.social · 23h

This is a Legend of Zelda character, 110%

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Snowjob @snowjob.bsky.social · 23h

Who: anyone stirring shit
What: their darkest, messiest, most embarrassing lore
When: anytime (preferably late at night)
Where: only on Bluesky dot app

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Snowjob @snowjob.bsky.social · 23h

HOW DO YOU KNOW ALL THIS DRAMA AND LORE???

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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 23h

every once and a while talia jane [hi, ik you namesearch from an alt] starts some discourse again and I feel the need to remind everyone she wrote an article [trying to] explaining away her mom trying to cover up a spree killing. www.cracked.com/personal-exp...

"My mom was so desperate for friendship with these people that she agreed to be in a pornographic film, took Ecstasy, took her 10-year-old daughter with her to create an alibi for their unspecified (at the time) crimes, and even agreed to help them hide the murder weapon."

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morrowind.txt @morrowind-txt.bsky.social · 23h

I haven't any time for you now.

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