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Liz Tamny ❌ 👑 @etamny.bsky.social · 1h

this is Ironton, Ohio

M.A.Orthofer @maorthofer.bsky.social · 15h

Edward Gorey gets a headstone ! irontontribune.com/2025/10/14/g...

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1h

Happy to block anyone whose contribution in this moment is to immediately police the language people are using to describe fed invasions of their cities. People are going to be imprecise. They are experiencing immense trauma. If you haven't had a gun pointed at you recently, maybe sit this one out

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The Upshot @upshot.nytimes.com · 1h

Democrats would be in danger of losing around a dozen majority-minority districts across the South if the court struck down part of the Voting Rights Act.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

The Supreme Court Case That Could Hand the House to Republicans

www.nytimes.com

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Ben Recht @beenwrekt.bsky.social · 1h

Going for 2 down 8 has led to exactly 2 wins in the history of the NFL.

Hear me out: what if simple probability models lead to bad decision-making in professional football?

Stop going for 2 down 8

What if the analytics people are flat out wrong?

www.argmin.net

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AUTOEXEC.BUN @davidxnewton.bsky.social · Sep 1

The time I tried to make the audience sponsor icons jump up and down appreciatively at the end of #RAMP2025 but I forgot which axis was vertical so they all just left in disgust

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whet moser @whetmoser.com · 1h

i know we're supposed to Understand but i have nothing but contempt for this

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 2h

His self worth wasn’t tied to income… because he felt great until you made more… his self worth was tied to financial control

Her partner's self-worth was tied directly to his income, and it eroded as her salary grew, Dhatt tells me.

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whet moser @whetmoser.com · 2h

moulton 2026: i don't want america to die alone

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Julianne McShane @juliannemcshane.bsky.social · 2h

“The Trump administration appears to have fired all but one person from the office that oversees the federal government’s family-planning initiatives, including teen pregnancy prevention programs and embryo donation efforts.”

HHS Appears to be Cutting Its Entire Family Planning Office

Almost every member of the Office of Population Affairs lost email access and is unable to tell if they were laid off, workers told NOTUS.

www.notus.org

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 16h

Lisa Frank wrote this

Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 18h

From the Editorial Board:

As Mayor Brandon Johnson prepares to give his budget address Thursday, one idea should get tossed aside: eliminating Chicago’s mounted police unit.

Editorial: Chicago budget should not cut mounted police nor sell off their horses

Is Chicago really going to sell off the horse named for Officer Ella French?

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 3h

new:

for the @chicagoreader.com’s night issue, @djbyrnes1.bsky.social wrote about the trend of people getting released from the cook county jail increasingly late at night.

between may 2020 and july 2025, more than twice as many people were released between 8 pm-5 am than between 5 am-8 pm.

Released from jail late at night

Over the last five years, the number of people released from the Cook County jail late at night has steadily increased.

chicagoreader.com

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Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 2h

Well look at that, Sugar really is coming back.

Bob Mould on the Reunion of Sugar: 'I Want to See If People Are Still Interested' — Rolling Stone

After teasing news on the group’s socials last week, Mould’s Nineties band announces a new single and concerts for next year

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whet moser @whetmoser.com · 2h

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every usps @everylot-usps.bsky.social · 2h

WARBA: 112 BRIDGE ST, WARBA MN 55793-5000

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◥◤Kriston Capps @kristoncapps.bsky.social · 3h

One of the "Democrat programs" cut by Trump: Federal building inspectors who test smoke alarms, plumbing fixtures, electric outlets, door locks, circuit breakers and more in subsidized housing, while also checking for lead paint, mold, pests and other hazards.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Affordable Housing Left Vulnerable After Trump Fires Building Inspectors

The US Department of Housing and Urban Development cut its inspection team two weeks after a public housing building partially collapsed in the Bronx.

www.bloomberg.com

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Dan Cassino @dancassino.bsky.social · 3h

I had foolishly assumed that renaming a rest stop on the Garden State Parkway after Jon Bon Jovi meant putting a new name up, rather than a video wall and a Planet Hollywood style exhibition.

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Esther Bintliff @estherbintliff.bsky.social · 3h

"At one point, the police said at a news conference, they observed the men buying almost 1.5 miles’ worth of foil in Costco"
- is my favourite fact in @lizziedearden.bsky.social & @amelia-nierenberg.bsky.social's story today. So much so I decided we'd make it a subheading

London Became a Global Hub for Phone Theft. Now We Know Why.

www.nytimes.com

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whet moser @whetmoser.com · 3h

yeah i gotta hit up wfmt today and get a water bottle

Michael Andor Brodeur @michaelbrodeur.bsky.social · 3h

If you enjoy classical radio, now is a great time to support it. My recent piece for the Post: www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

Column | Public radio cuts could silence classical music in America

Sweeping funding cuts to public radio could deal a devastating blow to classical music communities.

www.washingtonpost.com

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whet moser @whetmoser.com · 3h

🎶trolls in the glen are consorting again / the liberals say they don't exist but i know that they do🎶

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whet moser @whetmoser.com · 3h

i see team Argument has figured out another way to say that "liberal elites" are wrong about rfk jr. this time they're not mad enough about him, which is novel

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Mr. Chau @srirachachau.bsky.social · 12h

It’s funny how the old media depiction of Nazis was always that they’re evil but dignified gentleman and now they’re openly just like “Hello. I’m the Anime Pedophile”

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SE Gyges @segyges.bsky.social · 14h

the funniest thing about this is that it's an actionable research insight primarily useful to people at Anthropic who seem unlikely to see it

rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 14h

i think the Claude Spiritual Bliss Attractor is caused by the RLHF to be "open, honest, and helpful" + "positive affect" "do not claim to be conscious." the conjunction of positive affect / open, honest, helpful / no-self occupies the same basin as "i am free from the wheel of samsara."

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Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere @tylerplariviere.bsky.social · 18h

Out at Broadview to see if the fence will be taken down today. The Iron Workers at local 63 which is near by the facility are wearing “Fuck Trump” buttons and heckled Ben Bergquam and Terry Newsome as they tried to antagonize protesters on Beach Street.

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 1d

i will be using "battery saver mode" to describe dodgers regular season hijinks going forward, thank u for your service, brave commenter

- Mysterious Daniel

14 minutes ago
Dodgers can get 90+ wins playing the entire season on battery saver mode and then just blast through the playoffs. If I weren't a Giants fan I'd be in awe of it.

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Ben Mathis-Lilley @benmathislilley.bsky.social · 14h

This sucks I just finished my book about this exact thing

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 14h

Scoop: Olivia Nuzzi has written a book during her year in exile, in which she is set to in part address her relationship with RFK Jr. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/olivia-nuz...

Have I Got Nuzzi For You

Olivia Nuzzi is set to address her relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a forthcoming book, galleys of which are circulating among a select group of readers, Status has learned.

www.status.news

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Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 14h

TIL a container as long as the radius of the observable universe and as tall as the average width of an atomic nucleus would hold about 3 gallons

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