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Tim Hsu @timhsu.net · 10h

Waiting for the Crazy Ex Girlfriend reunion show to start

I'M JUST A LITTLE EXCITED

Stage of the Crazy Ex Girlfriend reunion show in San Francisco, right before the show

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Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 12h

Not a shitpost: #NoKings is feel-good performative activism for comfortable mostly upper and upper middle class white folks and that’s good, actually. Millions of people in the streets protesting a fascist regime is good. It is good for the normie baseline to be massive displays of public dissent.

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scott⚡️mccloud @scottmccloud.bsky.social · 18h

As @billmckibben.bsky.social pointed out on @maddow.msnbc.com last night, our old hometown of Lexington, Massachusetts was the site of the very FIRST No Kings protest—in 1775. 🤨

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 23h

[Exit King.]

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t know how to sum up this moment in time in America, but here goes: I hung out with a frog protesting the brutal, fascist ICE facility in my community while listening to Public Enemy

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 23h

This is such a thoughtful thread from Brittany Packnett Cunningham about No Kings.

(I'm not tagging her on purpose—some of y'all don't act right.) www.threads.com/@mspackyetti...

brittany packnett cunningham (@mspackyetti) on Threads

Don’t yell at me but… No Kings Day is a demonstration and a march. It’s not a protest, or a strike, or a walkout, or an uprising. And that’s not only perfectly ok, that’s actually *one way* movemen...

www.threads.com

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Kyle Orland @kyleor.land · 2d

"New Far Side comics" was definitely not on my bingo card for this week. They're not bad!

www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 2d

In about three years the entire university pivot to AI curricula and schools and programs is going to be so deeply embarrassing. We will all pretend it never happened and I will be standing there, looking at people with a mirror in my eyes. This is all so embarrassing.

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Tim Hsu @timhsu.net · 2d

I can't believe this clown is trashing San Francisco in the hopes of getting some fat Federal contract

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 2d

Salesforce told ICE that its A.I. software could help the agency nearly triple its staff, according to internal documents, as President Trump expands immigration raids and deportations around the U.S. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...

Salesforce chief executive Marc Benioff, wearing a black suit, speaks to an audience. A headline reads: "Salesforce Pitched ICE on Services to Recruit More Staff, Documents Show." Photo by Jessica Christian/San Francisco Chronicle, via Associated Press

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 4d

Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Adam Douglas Thompson. #NewYorkerCartoons

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Keesh @carrdiganbutton.bsky.social · 7d

people.com/diane-keaton...

Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79. Keaton was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'

people.com

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Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 7d

The late, great Diane Keaton in The Godfather Part II

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NPR @npr.org · 8d

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

Pope Leo XIV says 'inhuman treatment of immigrants' in the U.S. isn't 'pro-life'

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

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Tim Hsu @timhsu.net · 8d

(complimentary)

Tim Hsu @timhsu.net · 8d

the results of an Ivy League education:

www.youtube.com/shorts/0LQno...

Mina Kimes and Pablo Torre try smelling salts for the first time, in studio

YouTube video by PABLO TORRE FINDS OUT

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Tim Hsu @timhsu.net · 9d

TIL, just wow

www.npr.org/2022/11/01/1...

Martin Luther King Jr. paid the bill for Julia Roberts' birth. Here's the backstory

As fans marked Julia Roberts' birthday last week, they also uncovered a connection between her family and that of the civil rights icon. It all started when her parents opened an acting school.

www.npr.org

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 9d

These are terrible numbers for Trump (via @pewresearch.org)

www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

"Majorities say trump has used his office improperly; fewer say he has improved government, U.S. standing" (graphs via Pew Research)

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Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 13d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Tim Hsu @timhsu.net · 10d

wow, this explains everything

The Onion @theonion.com · 10d

Teammates Unnerved As Translator Begins Referring To Ohtani As ‘The Host’

LOS ANGELES—Describing the mood in the clubhouse as eerie and ominous, several members of the Los Angeles Dodgers told reporters Tuesday they have become increasingly unnerved since Shohei Ohtani’s in...

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 11d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Tim Hsu @timhsu.net · 13d

So sorry to hear that, Kent. My condolences to you and yours, hope your family is doing ok.

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 15d

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How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More - Consumer Reports

AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.

www.consumerreports.org

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 13d

happy sunday, remember that you are completely expendable to your employer and that when you die they will forget you ever existed within weeks and easily replace you

Work really hard and one day this can be you (followed by graffiti of a headstone that says “RIP worked really hard” on it

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 17d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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Tim Hsu @timhsu.net · 17d

beautiful

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18d

my latest is expanding on the observation that your view of the politics of opposition to the administration depend largely on your view of the election (gift link)

Opinion | Trump Has No Mandate to Destroy America

www.nytimes.com