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Rafi @therafischwartz.bsky.social · 38m

remembering fondly when these squirmy little nazis filled their pissy diapers over being called "deplorable"

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1h

Fascinating. Politico notes that when notified of the texts, many state-level Republicans fired or condemned these cretins. Now Vance emerges to excuse the racism, and calls the reaction to it "pearl clutching."

He seems determined to purge the party of its last enclaves of decency.

‘College Group Chat’: JD Vance Dismisses ‘Pearl Clutching’ Over Young Republicans Leak to Attack Jay Jones

Liberals hit back at Vance's blunt dismissal of racist, antisemitic and misogynistic messages leaked from a Young Republicans group chat.

www.mediaite.com

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Rafi @therafischwartz.bsky.social · 1h

I saw an *extended* rant about "liberals" using the term "tankie" the other day and like....who cares??

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Rafi @therafischwartz.bsky.social · 1h

Look, at a certain point, "nazis" is just the most accurate, expedient descriptor for these people.

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1h

Fascinating. Politico notes that when notified of the texts, many state-level Republicans fired or condemned these cretins. Now Vance emerges to excuse the racism, and calls the reaction to it "pearl clutching."

He seems determined to purge the party of its last enclaves of decency.

‘College Group Chat’: JD Vance Dismisses ‘Pearl Clutching’ Over Young Republicans Leak to Attack Jay Jones

Liberals hit back at Vance's blunt dismissal of racist, antisemitic and misogynistic messages leaked from a Young Republicans group chat.

www.mediaite.com

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Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 20h

ty to bari for providing much-needed comic relief this week www.discourseblog.com/p/bari-weiss...

Bari Weiss Is Having a Terrible Week

Seems like everything's fine over at CBS. It's fine! Perfectly fine!!!

www.discourseblog.com

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Rafi @therafischwartz.bsky.social · 2h

"let's sing and dance and shoot brown people to the dulcet tones of THIS racist child predator and hope people forget that we're protecting THAT one"

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Rafi @therafischwartz.bsky.social · 3h

Rancid antisemitism aside (a fun thing to type...) the fact that this administration is flaunting Michael goddamned Jackson while playing silly games on the Epstein files is pretty fucking gross.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 9h

I just checked and this is real. It's on Border Patrol's official Instagram (I don't see it on Facebook) and is being celebrated by Nazis on Twitter, as you can see in the screenshot.

The clip is just 13 seconds long too, so it's a very intentional thing. We've got a Nazi government.

Twitter account: Uncensored @HmanQuotes1945: Official border patrol Facebook page is posting with the banned lyrics of Michael Jackson's song.
"Jew me sue me... Kick me k*ke me."
Epic

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Ian @mplsnightmayor.bsky.social · 14h

The U already has a food bank. It's open twice a month and anecdotally, cannot come close to meeting the demand.

Kelly is ranking Fateh, Davis, and Hampton @kellyrogers.bsky.social · 15h

Shelley Madore just said a food bank and budgeting lessons is her approach to the food desert around the U 😭😭😭😭

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Rafi @therafischwartz.bsky.social · 14h

“More of a hobby, really.”

Bill Childs @billchilds.bsky.social · 1d

If you’re not subscribing to @retractionwatch.com, you miss things like this headline

Subscribe here: retractionwatch.us12.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

Image of a robot looking…happy? Horrified? With a headline: “A review claimed a research was an expert in deco robots. He’s not.”

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Rafi @therafischwartz.bsky.social · 20h

Sometimes you gotta find pleasure in the simple things in life

Bari Weiss Is Having a Terrible Week

Seems like everything's fine over at CBS. It's fine! Perfectly fine!!!

www.discourseblog.com

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Plate Stealer @platestealer.bsky.social · 16h

The guy behind this account started it while studying Golf Course Management at a small Baptist college in the Carolinas if you're curious which way the wind is blowing

Maladroithe @maladroithe.bsky.social · 23h

When you’ve pissed off WeRateDogs so much they’re calling you “fucking losers” on Main you have absolutely lost all merit in the court of public opinion

weratedogs v
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BORDER PATROC
ICE AGENTS KILL DOG
DURING UNLAWFUL SEARCH, REFUSE TO RENDER AID, AND LEAVE WITHOUT IDENTIFYING THEMSELVES

weratedogs This is Chop. He was shot and killed by masked assailants in plain clothes who go by ICE.
Unsurprisingly, they did not care enough to help the family as they tried to save him. Even more unsurprising, they did not find any evidence of the migrants they were there to terrorize in the first place.
Do not open your door for these fucking losers. Rest easy Chop
14/10
CBP Office of Professional Responsibility:
202-344-1808
JointIntake@cbp.dhs.gov
El Paso Border Patrol Sector:
915-834-8400
fpfelpaso@cbp.dhs.gov
Rep. Veronica Escobar (El Paso):
915-541-1400
veronica.escobar@mail.house.gov

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Rafi @therafischwartz.bsky.social · 19h

the kind of news that goes over like a protein powder balloon

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 23h

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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Rafi @therafischwartz.bsky.social · 20h

ok

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Discourse Blog @discourseblog.com · 20h

Oh well…

Bari Weiss Is Having a Terrible Week

Seems like everything's fine over at CBS. It's fine! Perfectly fine!!!

www.discourseblog.com

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Bryan "Gazpacho" Carr @learnonaut.bsky.social · 20h

I found it, a political take that made my brain screech and pop like trying to shift without a clutch

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Rafi @therafischwartz.bsky.social · 20h

Man, splinter really was a good website

Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 20h

Remember when Alex Pareene predicted this after Charlottesville in 2017 www.splinter.com/charlottesvi...

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 20h

Remember when Alex Pareene predicted this after Charlottesville in 2017 www.splinter.com/charlottesvi...

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Rafi @therafischwartz.bsky.social · 20h

Sometimes you gotta find pleasure in the simple things in life

Bari Weiss Is Having a Terrible Week

Seems like everything's fine over at CBS. It's fine! Perfectly fine!!!

www.discourseblog.com

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Chewbacca But A Wolf Man @jason1749.bsky.social · 21h

In THE ETERNALS, Jack Kirby introduced the concept of "MadWeary" for when immortals go insane after too long a life. What I am positing is "MadComfy" which is when the wife and I have a crazy good weekend doing jack shit on the couch.

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Rafi @therafischwartz.bsky.social · 22h

Lol, okay, sure thing lady

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 23h

Fox News host Emily Compagno claims that the backlash to Bari Weiss being named CBS News editor-in-chief is due to her being Jewish:

"This kind of thing would make me laugh if there was not an antisemitic thread in there."

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Rafi @therafischwartz.bsky.social · 22h

Hello... Smithers. You're quite good...at turning me...on.

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 23h

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.

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Rafi @therafischwartz.bsky.social · 22h

Maybe he should watch Zootopia again

Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 22h

A St. Paul Police Department employee was fired Tuesday after a search of his home allegedly turned up significant amounts of methamphetamine and fentanyl and two guns.