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Frank Cogliano @frankcogliano.bsky.social · 5h

Graduate seminar did a deep dive on Thomas Paine’s Common Sense yesterday. At the line, “in America the law is king,” they (14 students from 6 countries) burst out laughing. I've been doing this for 35 years and this is the first time that was a laugh line.

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Torstein Helleve @tohell.bsky.social · 7h

"Wrecking ballroom"

HuffPost @huffpost.com · 7h

The "Late Show" host ripped the president for the destruction of the White House East Wing.

Stephen Colbert Reveals 'The 1 Thing' We Don't Mock Trump Enough For

The "Late Show" host ripped the president for the destruction of the White House East Wing.

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Torstein Helleve @tohell.bsky.social · 7h

Biletet tyder på at det er stortingsrepresentantar det er snakk om

Torstein Helleve @tohell.bsky.social · 8h

Og er dei ikkje lik, så skal dei bli det

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Torstein Helleve @tohell.bsky.social · 8h

Det kunne vore verre. Eg er òg NTL-medlem og har ikkje fått refleksvest. Nokre medlemmer er det tydelegvis heilt greitt å mista

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Torstein Helleve @tohell.bsky.social · 18h

Banana republic

Torstein Helleve @tohell.bsky.social · 1d

Eg kan ganske mykje om ortopedi, eg har trass alt gått heile llivet

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Torstein Helleve @tohell.bsky.social · 1d

Ganske bakvendt å laga eit interaktivt videounivers om KI utan å bruka Ki til å laga ei tekstleg oppsummering (dei skjønar vel at då er det ikkje mange som vil ynskja å interagera med videouniverset)

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

Donald Trump is retaliating against Columbia [sic] by imposing an immediate 7,000% tariff on cocaine.

Don't worry Don, Jr.: It will be paid by Columbia [sic].

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 3d

World War 2 veterans, the original antifa, took part in the nationwide protests against the fascist Trump regime. #3E #NoKings #50501Movement #indivisible #wearetheflood

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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 4d

Now that Ace Frehley is dead I feel free to say this: it was stupid of Kiss to have both a Spaceman and a Starchild. Those are basically the same thing.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 4d

now is a really excellent time to set up a monthly Wikipedia donation if you don’t have one already

Anil Dash @anildash.com · 4d

This is horrifying, but I’m glad the Wikipedians are safe. It could have been far worse, given that the MAGA fascists have been trying to incite violence against Wikipedia editors, and trumpists are defenders of pedophiles like the gunman. gothamist.com/news/gunman-...

Gunman storms stage at Wikipedia conference in Manhattan, no injuries reported

The unidentified man was taken to a hospital for evaluation.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 4d

"The Art of the Kneel"

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Torstein Helleve @tohell.bsky.social · 5d

He's not very interested in day-to-day politics

Torstein Helleve @tohell.bsky.social · 5d

Vent til han får høyra om Jesus

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Torstein Helleve @tohell.bsky.social · 5d

Ganske sikker på at eg kunne ha rekna ut prisreduksjonen i prosent i ein alder av, tja, seksten

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Dr Oz: "You'll notice, President Trump, these are discounted from $242 to $10. I don't know what the math is on that. We can't even calculate it. It's too high to calculate."