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tomscherschel.bsky.social @tomscherschel.bsky.social · 4h

Is it a bad faith reading to take this statement as the government saying it will economically punish citizens that don’t quietly go along with unlimited expansion of executive power?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Bessent: "This crazy No Kings rally this weekend, which is gonna be the farthest left, the hardest core, the most unhinged in the Democratic Party, which is a big title. No Kings equals no paychecks."

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tomscherschel.bsky.social @tomscherschel.bsky.social · 5h

After the Bay of Pigs, Kennedy said "I will splinter the CIA into a thousand pieces and scatter it into the winds.” It will be interesting to see if any of the Democratic Party front-runners for ‘28 adopt a similar line regarding ICE.

Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 6h

“Footage, obtained by the outlet, captured the musician face-down in the mud, with her instrument about two feet to her left, struggling as what appears to be a federal agent straddled her backside. A police officer stood next to the pair.”
The Feds then jailed her across state lines. For music.

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 7h

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

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The thread o’ tweets @threadotweets.bsky.social · Mar 13

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@pleasebegneiss.bsky.social
alright everybody stand up for this person to sing a really hard song about the war of 1812 solo a cappella, if they fuck up it will haunt them forever. then we'll play some baseball

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tomscherschel.bsky.social @tomscherschel.bsky.social · 18h

What do you make of their already being multiple Dems positioning themselves to run in ‘28 but no similar activity on the GOP side? Is that normal as these things go, or is it a sign?

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Phil Nobile Jr. @philnobilejr.bsky.social · 2d

Are we suuuuuure the Bond 26 director contract is finalized

FANGORIA @fangoria.bsky.social · 2d

Play the game or the game plays you - watch the new trailer for Edgar Wright's THE RUNNING MAN within.

Edgar Wright’s THE RUNNING MAN Gets An Action-Packed New Trailer

Play the game or the game plays you - watch the new trailer for Edgar Wright's THE RUNNING MAN within.

dlvr.it

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cow tools daily @cowtoolsdaily.bsky.social · 5d

it's not FOR us

edited comic panel. Batman is breaking a lump-with-handle cow tool over his knee and saying "this is the tool of the cow. we do not understand it. we will not use it."

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 5d

I've noticed the opposing team's fans only cheer when the opponents score on us. To win those fans over, I recommend we score on ourselves repeatedly; that will surely make them so happy they'll start supporting us. And I'm sure all our fans will keep cheering for us—who else is there to cheer for?

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Shawn McDowell @turboshawn.com · 5d

I put way too much effort into this silly little video, please like and share wherever you see it pop up, kthxbyeeeee 🙂

Giant Bomb @giantbomb.bsky.social · 5d

Giant Bomb is proud to present:

The complete* story of Metal Gear Solid in 3 minutes.

(* = Everything Kayla could remember.)

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tomscherschel.bsky.social @tomscherschel.bsky.social · 8d

If the lady sitting behind the hat is a mannequin then I’m not sure if I’m a human.

tomscherschel.bsky.social @tomscherschel.bsky.social · 8d

Will the movie about the rise and fall of Sam Altman/OpenAI get the prestige treatment (e.g. The Big Short) or the Hulu movie of the week treatment (e.g. WeCrashed)?

tomscherschel.bsky.social @tomscherschel.bsky.social · 8d

Hey, the beginning of this is clipped off, but is this the President of the United States saying that if you don’t believe in god/heaven/hell then there is no reason to be good?

tomscherschel.bsky.social @tomscherschel.bsky.social · 8d

I know I’m shouting into the wind, but (1) I’m sure veterans of Vietnam and Afghanistan love hearing their Commander in Chief declare that they didn’t fight hard enough, and (2) Trump is on the record as saying the war in Afghanistan was a waste of U.S. resources!!!

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tomscherschel.bsky.social @tomscherschel.bsky.social · 8d

Legend.

The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 9d

From:

Ridley Scott Says Movies Have Gotten So Lousy, He Re-Watches His Own Instead

The 'Gladiator' director on how the "mediocrity" of modern films has sent him fleeing back to his own.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 10d

A WILD ONE: A man broke his leg during an arrest by ICE at a car wash south of L.A.

ICE has held him under 24/7 guard at a hospital, registering him under a pseudonym, for *37 days* without telling him why.

A judge has ordered his immediate release.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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tomscherschel.bsky.social @tomscherschel.bsky.social · 11d

What about either of the guys in that video let’s one know these are LEOs and not just two random criminals off the street?

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tomscherschel.bsky.social @tomscherschel.bsky.social · 12d

People need to stop comparing every bubble to the GFC. That was a confluence of events that has not happened since and isn’t happening here. AI is a bubble, for sure, but the worst case scenario of that bubble popping is nowhere near what happened in 2009.

Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 15d

If you're wondering why they don't go to court with their high paid lawyers for an easy win, it's because this allows Google to bribe Trump.

All the big players are way over their skis on AI investment and are sure they will need a bailout at some point. It's 2009 but for tech instead of housing

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 15d

Today’s capitulation. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

tomscherschel.bsky.social @tomscherschel.bsky.social · 12d

Isn’t The Free Press Bari Weiss’ outlet? Can’t wait to get stuff like this with the CBS logo on it.

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tomscherschel.bsky.social @tomscherschel.bsky.social · 12d

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tomscherschel.bsky.social @tomscherschel.bsky.social · 14d

IMO Green Bay should be on Fraud Watch and LO Effing L at putting the 2-2 Chiefs in the same tier as 4-0 Bills and 4-0 Eagles.

Ben Baldwin @rbsdm.com · 14d

Week 4 NFL Objective Power Rankings

-- Grain of salt for Vikings (facing new rookie QB and then have bye, so limited data) and all the teams affected by QB injuries

Seahawks!!