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Bryan Waterman @waterman.bsky.social · 3h

Is his name really Schmalz or are they being pranked?!

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Michael Tedder @mtedder.bsky.social · 3h

I've been thinking about this video ever since it dropped. The full-throated pledge to protect the trans and queer community and make New York a beacon of equality? Who else is talking like this?

This is where the bar is.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEvV...

Until It's Done: Sylvia Rivera

YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC

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Bryan Waterman @waterman.bsky.social · 3h

I mean honestly 👶🏻🍼

Screenshot of TN HOLLER Instagram post featuring a Trump Truth:

thetnholler
Donald J. Trump
@realDonald Trump

Time Magazine wrote a relatively good story about me, but the picture may be the Worst of All Time. They "disappeared" my hair, and then had something floating on top of my head that looked like a floating crown, but an extremely small one. Really weird! I never liked taking pictures from underneath angles, but this is a super bad picture, and deserves to be called out. What are they doing, and why?

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10/13/25, 10:36 PM

thetnholler Seems the Narcissist-in-Chief is mad about the Time Mag cover neckgina pic so please don't share it widely
Thank you for your attention to this matter
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My editorial note: it’s a weird pic, just like he describes. But it feels right. Faker than fake but still shows his flaws/age in ways he actively resists.

Bryan Waterman @waterman.bsky.social · 3h

The extents to which these people will go to placate that brain-fried man-baby!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Johnson: "Together with my friend Speaker Ohana of the Israeli Knesset we're going to rally speakers and presidents of parliaments around the world so we will jointly nominate President Donald J Trump for next year's Nobel Prize. No one has ever deserved that prize more & that is an objective fact."

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 4h

Please be conscious if you protest this weekend that there are feds at the protest. They look like you and they sound like you, not like Steve Buscemi in that one clip with the skateboard. Thinking you can spot them is self delusion. Nobody you haven’t met needs to know your last name.

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Bryan Waterman @waterman.bsky.social · 18h

I haven’t seen him since he was a grad student. But yes, I can see why PTA called.

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Bryan Waterman @waterman.bsky.social · 19h

This is still cracking me up. I was in the theater like, “Damn that guy looks and sounds like Paul Grimstad.”

Frownland to Vineland: Paul Grimstad on playing Howard “Billy Goat” Sommerville in One Battle After Another

I caught up with Paul Grimstad, polymath, Yale professor, musician, writer, actor, over the phone during his train journey from New Haven to NYC, the place he’s called home for his adult life. The occ...

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Michael Brown @jingajik.bsky.social · 19h

Distant cousin of Mocha Dick sighted off Kaikōura

www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/rare-whit...

Locals stunned by world-famous white whale sighting off NZ coast

Locals near Kaikōura captured rare footage of a white humpback whale.

www.nzherald.co.nz

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Bryan Waterman @waterman.bsky.social · 1d

And yet they have been attempting this kind of capricious abuse of executive authority since January. So it seemed entirely like something they might have tried to pull.

Bryan Waterman @waterman.bsky.social · 1d

You’re right. It was pitched as a “directive,” making it seem like this is being imposed at his will. Later they clarify it’s the same old “compact.” Take it or leave it. Bizarre. Wonder if the story is AI-generated.

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sinnick @sinnick.bsky.social · 1d

"The new policy targets nine prestigious US universities, including Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), University of Pennsylvania, and University of Southern California,.."

not even feigning legality

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Bryan Waterman @waterman.bsky.social · 1d

What gives him any authority to set such a policy?

Samantha Brennan @samanthabrennan.bsky.social · 1d

Trump caps international student enrollment at top US universities, limits set at 15%

www.businesstoday.in/nri/study/st...

Trump caps international student enrollment at top US universities, limits set at 15% - BusinessToday

This move is part of a broader policy aimed at regulating academic admissions and funding, and it is set to have significant repercussions for colleges and universities across the United States.

www.businesstoday.in

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Patrick Rizzo @prizscisurf.bsky.social · 1d

And that's why he never could have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Imagine giving it to a sociopathic autocrat devoid of a soul.

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Bryan Waterman @waterman.bsky.social · 1d

Disgusting.

Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 1d

Trump is joking around in this speech. The Israeli parliament is full of laughter. The criminal Netanyahu wears a shit-eating grin. The whole thing is appalling.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 1d

Trump, speaking in the Israeli parliament, boasts about the weapons the U.S. has provided and says "you obviously used them very well."
An estimated 20,000 children have died in the war in Gaza.

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Bryan Waterman @waterman.bsky.social · 2d

Saw Destroyer last night with my daughter, Molly, making good on one of the funniest text messages I’ve ever received, sent 14+ years ago during her first year of high school.

Happy dad w/ a smiling daughter, in blue lighting near the edge of the stage at Knockdown Center in Queens.

Text from 4/15/11, sent to me by my daughter, Molly:

Hey dad what's the name of that song with the "through the back doors of the world. " and cocaine and stuff?

Dan Bejar reading lyrics while he sings. Guitarist in the background.

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All The Old Showstoppers @countryvalues.bsky.social · 2d

Janet Mills would not say this imo

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 2d

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Bryan Waterman @waterman.bsky.social · 2d

So glad “Kaputt” was on the set list.

Bryan Waterman @waterman.bsky.social · 2d

Saw Destroyer last night with my daughter, Molly, making good on one of the funniest text messages I’ve ever received, sent 14+ years ago during her first year of high school.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 2d

There's one huge difference between the 2025 Portland protests & the ones in 2020. Today, the ~100 anti-fascist protesters at the ICE facility are sandwiched between the feds who have MAGA-friendly media embedded w/ them, and ~15 MAGA-friendly content creators/counter-protesters out in the crowd.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 2d

As President Trump tries to send the National Guard to Portland, Oregon, conservative influencers are working to support his claim that the city is burning with viral clips from one block. https://wapo.st/4q5HM0n

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Daniel Kibblesmith @kibblesmith.com · 2d

I’m shocked SHOCKED that a dude has a confident interpretation of watchmen that aligns with his politics and even more shocked that he relates to the billionaire character

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Bryan Waterman @waterman.bsky.social · 2d

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Annie Zaleski @anniezaleski.bsky.social · 2d

RIP to Diane Keaton. “Father of the Bride” is perfect and her “Annie Hall” style is still enviable today. 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, PEOPLE can confirm exclusively. The Oscar award-winning actress was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' ...

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Jon Savage @jonsavage.bsky.social · 3d

Bought OTD in 1972: and the future. The hits are on the first side but the second is more experimental and far stranger. Postmodern pop with emotion and sound combinations never heard before - oboe with guitar and synth - culminating in the space age torch song Sea Breezes

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