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Timothy Oleksiak @timothyoleksiak.bsky.social · 6d

This is funny

Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 6d

White House staff should just make and show him an AI-generated video where he wins, fly him to Duluth and tell him it’s Oslo, and dare the New York Times to say anything more than “Experts disagree about whether Mr Trump was awarded the Nobel Prize”.

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Jen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · 7d

Political sectarianism in America: A poisonous cocktail of othering, aversion, and moralization poses a threat to democracy
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Timothy Oleksiak @timothyoleksiak.bsky.social · 9d

I adore that book and all its problems.

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Timothy Oleksiak @timothyoleksiak.bsky.social · 12d

This is really good. Thanks @andreapitzer.bsky.social

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You don't have to swallow frogs

YouTube video by Degenerate Art by Andrea Pitzer

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 13d

a heartwarming story of how being an unethical and talentless hack is no barrier to success when you are willing to endlessly flatter the wretched views of rich dipshits

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 13d

Bari Weiss is set to be named the editor in chief of CBS News, the New York Post reports

Paramount Skydance is poised to name Bari Weiss as editor in chief of CBS News in the coming days — giving the hard-charging journalist unusual clout to revamp the struggling network as it also acquires her scrappy news site the Free Press, The Post has learned.

Weiss — a 41-year-old former New York Times opinion writer who has built the Free Press into a buzzworthy site with a contrarian bent — is expected to be named to the top post in a Monday announcement, although the talks are in flux and the timing could change, a source close to the situation said.

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Dan Martin @danmartin7.bsky.social · 13d

The NFL is wild. They won't let players kneel for social justice but they'll troll their primary audience w a Bad Bunny super bowl concert.

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 16d

If any other president in all of history said the military should use American cities as a training ground he would be removed from office that same day. The hardest thing to tolerate in all this is how relatively silent elected democrats are. It’s ridiculous.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 18d

Portland sees the steepest DROP in homicides in major cities and Trump wants to send troops to do what exactly? More performative nonsense wasting taxpayer dollars from a weak dictator.

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 18d

Taken just a few minutes ago outside the ICE facility in Portland that Trump claims is under siege. My message to Donald Trump is this: we don’t need you here. Stay the hell out of our city.

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Timothy Oleksiak @timothyoleksiak.bsky.social · 19d

This is wrong and should not happen.

Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 19d

Trump says he authorizes Hegseth to deploy the military to Portland, which he lyingly calls "war ravaged," and says he is authorizing "full force."

Donald J. Trump
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At the request of Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, I am directing Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to provide all necessary Troops to protect War ravaged Portland, and any of our ICE Facilities under siege from attack by Antifa, and other domestic terrorists. I am also authorizing Full Force, if necessary. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
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Seth Kahn (he/him) @badpacifist.bsky.social · 19d

"I'm declaring war on my own country." #fixed

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 19d

“Full force” on American citizens.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 22d

The anti-trans right heavily praised Gordon Guyatt as the “godfather” of evidence based medicine.

He worked for SEGM and was responsible for their GRADE reviews.

Now he disavows them, says evidence supports transgender youth care.

Great coverage from Henry carnell.

Henry Carnell @hencarnell.bsky.social · 23d

For years, medical professionals and transgender advocates have been saying the "Society for Evidence-based Gender Medicine" was not following the principles of evidenced-based medicine.

Now the "godfather" of evidence-based medicine is leveraging the same claim against them. (1/)

Trans health care "skeptics" lost a key ally—now they're having a meltdown

The godfather of evidence-based medicine on rejecting anti-trans "misuse" of his work.

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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 26d

Here's what we know as of Saturday morning. If White House figures are to be believed, the U.S. has killed 17 people on ships in the Caribbean this month.

Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 26d

The US hit ANOTHER boat in the Caribbean today. Trump shared video of it, again accusing the crew of being drug traffickers. With 3 allegedly killed, this brings the total killed in all 3 attacks to 17 this month, per White House figures. New @taskandpurpose.com taskandpurpose.com/news/us-thir...

Trump says US military hit a third boat in the Caribbean

The attack is the third this month on alleged drug trafficking ships, as the US continues a military build up in the Caribbean.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 26d

BREAKING: At least 71 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza since dawn, including 56 people in Gaza City, hospital sources in the besieged enclave told Al Jazeera.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/nu10uv

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 27d

Personally I don't think we should let the president make the entire country a safe space for himself

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Timothy Oleksiak @timothyoleksiak.bsky.social · Sep 16

This must be stop.

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · Sep 16

Offensive conducted as UN inquiry concludes that Israel’s nearly two-year war on Gaza amounts to genocide.

Gaza City under relentless bombardment as Israel launches ground invasion

Offensive conducted as UN inquiry concludes that Israel’s nearly two-year war on Gaza amounts to genocide.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · Sep 15

The @newrepublic.com actually does very useful and helpful REPORTING. How about @propublica.org? Excellent. The @51st.news is doing excellent actual reporting. So is @thetriibe.com in Chicago.

There are so many other places to get actual useful news.

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Timothy Oleksiak @timothyoleksiak.bsky.social · Sep 15

It was the Levy’s! That’s unfortunate.

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Timothy Oleksiak @timothyoleksiak.bsky.social · Sep 15

😬

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Timothy Oleksiak @timothyoleksiak.bsky.social · Sep 15

Remind me… only the speeches that ignore the time constraints have been worth it.

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Timothy Oleksiak @timothyoleksiak.bsky.social · Sep 15

I think this #Emmys is worse than the 1989 #Oscars. At least we can laugh at the 1989 Academy Awards show.

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Timothy Oleksiak @timothyoleksiak.bsky.social · Sep 15

Cristin Milioti’s speech is why I watch award shows. It’s the speeches that keep us watching not the results. I hate that her expression of joy and gratitude costs a charity precious resources #Emmys this was not a good bit.

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Timothy Oleksiak @timothyoleksiak.bsky.social · Sep 15

100. Jean Smart starting with “these ceremonies are a chance for us to publicly thank people” (paraphrase) kind of showed the bit as really unfair rather than funny. She was kind to the need for genuine gratitude.

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Film Updates @thefilmupdates.bsky.social · Sep 15

“Go Birds, F*** ICE and Free Palestine”

- Hannah Einbinder during her #EMMYs speech

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Seth Kahn (he/him) @badpacifist.bsky.social · Sep 11

I move to call time out on the word "divisive" in any description of political figures until we all get in the habit of saying what we mean. Charlie Kirk was a bigot--racist, antisemitic, anti-trans, misogynistic, queer-hating--through and through.

David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · Sep 11

NEW: No, Charlie Kirk was not practicing politics the right way. That's what Ezra Klein said. We can condemn this heinous assassination but also recognize that with his 2020 election denialism and extremist rhetoric, Kirk built his movement with falsehoods and in a wrong and divisive manner.

No, Charlie Kirk was not practicing politics the right way

His assassination deserves full condemnation; his full impact should not be sidestepped.

www.motherjones.com

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