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Lembas Eater @waybread.bsky.social · 20h

"Check out this apparently super-cool person Mamdani convinced to marry him".

Ahh you got him. Checkmate.

[the NY Post scrambling to make a last-ditch scandal:]

"umm, uhhh, his aloof wife Rama Duwaji secretly ran the campaign"

garbage from the NY Post showing pictures of Rama Duwaji and her husband Zohran Mamdani, caption "How Zohran Mamdani’s aloof wife, Rama Duwaji, quietly steered his campaign from behind the scenes"

Lembas Eater @waybread.bsky.social · 23h

Do you wax it yourself or send it out? I’ve been thinking of waxing a barn coat I’ve had for ages but am nervous about messing it up.

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Lembas Eater @waybread.bsky.social · 1d

Yes but it is pronounced ”louv-Re“, making it nigh-uncrackable.

Perry Areolar @perryodontal.bsky.social · 1d

the password to the louvre surveillance server was "louvre"

www.thesocialpost.it/2025/11/02/f...

according to the liberation newspaper, documents dating back to a 2014 inspection by the French National Agency for the Security of Computer Systems reported a staggering detail: "the password of the louvre's video surveillance server was simply " louvre. "

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Lembas Eater @waybread.bsky.social · 1d

We might not be at war with the bosses. But they are at war with us.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

Teen Vogue did some great journalism around immigration detention and enforcement. Sounds like corporate has now killed that off.

The media landscape shrinks even further.

Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 1d

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

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Lembas Eater @waybread.bsky.social · 1d

Democracy doesn’t guarantee you’ll always have a good government*. But it gives the people a mechanism to correct mistakes.

*No political system can.

Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 1d

Longtime Trump supporter: “I think deep down he wants to help the country with things like food insecurity.”

(Trump enacted the largest cuts to SNAP in history a few months ago)

Now says she regrets voting for Trump and wishes a Democrat were president to “protect benefits [Trump] wants to cut.”

Hannah's mom, Betty, a 63-year-old recent retiree who is a caretaker for her daughter and a longtime Trump supporter, said she is losing confidence in the president she once supported amid the shutdown fight.
"I think deep down he wants to help the country with things like food insecurity," she said. "But now he is busy out of the country and demolishing the White House. I know that is being paid for with private funds, but those could be used to help people."
"It all seems very selfish," she added.
Betty Szretter said she now regrets voting for Trump in 2024 and would prefer a Democrat in the White House to "protect benefits he [Trump] wants to cut."

Lembas Eater @waybread.bsky.social · 1d

Sounds cool.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Johnson: "If they had no filibuster, they would pack the SCOTUS. You'd go from 9 to 17 or however many liberals they could pack. You would make DC & Puerto Rico into states, which would give 4 additional Democrat senators & make us a permanent minority. You'd see massive restrictions of 2A rights"

Lembas Eater @waybread.bsky.social · 1d

I remember in the mid 2000s having an argument with a guy about the top 1% taking all the wealth and he was like “there’s too many people. If you gave it to everyone equally it would amount to pennies“ And maybe he was right then but not anymore.

Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 1d

just 10 people accumulated $700 billion dollars in the last year.

that's over $5k per household in the US.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Top 10 US billionaires’ collective wealth grew by $698bn in past year – report

Oxfam warns Trump policies risk driving inequality to new heights – but Democrats have also exacerbated wealth gap

www.theguardian.com

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

The average new car costs $50,000. The average used car is $25,000. Insurance, repairs and maintenance are soaring. But America's car-centric habits also cost us in more subtle ways. n.pr/47B4pRT

Cars are essential in most of the U.S. They're also increasingly unaffordable

The average new car costs $50,000. The average used car is $25,000. Insurance, repairs and maintenance are soaring. But America's car-centric habits also cost us in more subtle ways.

n.pr

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Lembas Eater @waybread.bsky.social · 1d

The optimistic take is that Mamdani has figured out how to communicate with voters without the NYT and Biden never did or could.

Not saying I’m sure that’s true. But I think it’s a reasonable take.

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 1d

woof

In the months after Harris’ loss, much was made over the demographic shifts in the party. Young voters, Hispanic voters and Black voters — all central to the Democratic coalition — had moved substantially to the right. But Priorities’ post-election polling revealed an equally staggering swing: Between 2020 and 2024, people who consumed at least three hours of YouTube a day had moved 10 points toward Trump — a bigger swing than Black voters, Black men, young voters and a slew of other categories that were dominating headlines.

“The driver of behavior in ‘24 was so much more about your media consumption,” Butterfield said.

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Lembas Eater @waybread.bsky.social · 2d

Neither answer is great! But it would be interesting to know.

Lembas Eater @waybread.bsky.social · 2d

Did this come from the admin or is this a ”fan-made” video?

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Lembas Eater @waybread.bsky.social · 2d

Our policies are secret but have been public since 2019 and also we are still coming up with them.

Man what?

Lembas Eater @waybread.bsky.social · 2d

I think we should create a syse of government where leaders have to speak in sentences that make sense.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Mike Johnson talks about the Republican "healthcare plan" like it's highly classified information: "We're not gonna be on a conference call explaining all our plans and strategies for healthcare reform, because they're leaked in real time."

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Lembas Eater @waybread.bsky.social · 2d

If this is right then I‘m super amazing at sports.

Troy Goodfellow @troyg.bsky.social · 2d

Lembas Eater @waybread.bsky.social · 2d

Between this kind of post and people talking about House of Dynamite BSky scrolling has been FRAUGHT lately.

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Lembas Eater @waybread.bsky.social · 3d

I was against trunk-or-treat until I was walking my third mile with my daughter and her friends last night in the cold and rain, and then it hit me: trunk-or-treat is for the parents.

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Lembas Eater @waybread.bsky.social · 4d

When you aim for Lincoln and hit Louis XVI.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

sure, you might not be able to eat or go to the doctor, but check out how nice Trump's new marble shitter is

I renovated the Lincoln Bathroom in the White House. It was renovated in the 1940s in an art deco green tile style, which was totally inappropriate for the Lincoln Era. I did it in black and white polished Statuary marble. This was very appropriate for the time of Abraham Lincoln and, in fact, could be the marble that was originally there!

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Lembas Eater @waybread.bsky.social · 4d

So first off no they didn’t but second even if we grant the counterfactual that doesn’t justify genocide and stealing land.

I am so tired of these mouth sounds that resemble arguments. We should all be laughing in their faces.

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 4d

Speaking at the Univ of Mississippi in Oxford, Vice President JD Vance claimed that when settlers arrived in the New World, they “found widespread child sacrifice,” adding that “Christian civilization ended the practice.”

JD Vance talks Israel, abortion, AI and immigration at Ole Miss Turning Point rally

Thousands packed Ole Miss’ pavilion as Vice President JD Vance took unscripted questions on faith, policy and Trump-era politics.

www.clarionledger.com

Lembas Eater @waybread.bsky.social · 4d

People who think the God of the Hebrew Scriptures was a big fan of empire have not done the reading.

Lembas Eater @waybread.bsky.social · 4d

Or you could just read Isaiah. Not a guy famous for being on the side of corrupt despots. Quite the contrary.

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Lembas Eater @waybread.bsky.social · 4d

One thing that is absolutely clear from the gospels is that the people Jesus was the most angry about were the people who justified harming the poor by claiming they were doing God's will.

Just, you know, something else from the Bible they might want to think about.

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 4d

i guess Matty's idea is that we let the admin set their view of immigration with videos like this

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Lembas Eater @waybread.bsky.social · 4d

This was, in fact, Julius Caeser's biggest mistake.

SE Gyges @segyges.bsky.social · 4d

i don't know where anyone got the idea that a stoic moralist will not kill you

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Lembas Eater @waybread.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you England, for your concern, but we haven't needed your advice since 1776.

The Economist @economist.com · 5d

There is a legal case for a third term—but it is strewn with obstacles

Trump 2028

There is a legal case for a third term—but it is strewn with obstacles

econ.st

Lembas Eater @waybread.bsky.social · 5d

Booking an American (Bad Bunny), getting criticized by racists, and then booking a white non-American (Sting). No allegations beaten.

And I like Sting!

Themperor Kennedy🐸🏳️‍🌈 @kennedytcooper.bsky.social · 5d

Actually, seeing a man of color, getting scared, and calling The Police, is pretty typical racist behavior

bring on the dancing turkeys @ihavethatonvinyl.com · 5d

sting? fucking STING? who in 2025 wants to see solo sting? this has to be a joke

www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...