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Lawrence Allan @writelarrywrite.lawrenceallanwrites.com · 6h

I do not believe she doesn't know what JK is up to. I cannot fathom a universe where her people didn't tell her.

So, maybe she's cool with what JK is doing or she simply doesn't care.

"We all need to get along"?

Tell that to the people who are trying to erase trans people from public life.

Lady Emily ☄️ @ladyemily.nebula.tv · 2d

The thing that gets me about actors responding like this whenever they’re asking about JKR is that they always say “we need to learn to agree to disagree ^_^” as if trans people are the ones leading the campaign, when we’re just trying to live our lives while JKR posts about trans hate 24/7

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Lawrence Allan @writelarrywrite.lawrenceallanwrites.com · 6h

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Lawrence Allan @writelarrywrite.lawrenceallanwrites.com · 6h

That song is great and that album is amazing.

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Dark Grimiano @doctor1hundred.bsky.social · 1d

I think this is why I've always liked the way the Illinois Nazis are portrayed in The Blues Brothers. It shows them for what they are: spiteful little weirdos who are ineffective and deserve no respect.

Mr. Chau @srirachachau.bsky.social · 2d

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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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 8h

I'd seen the reporting around Keira Knightley's awful response but wow the video makes it... even worse??? It's so dismissive and callous and that horrible little laugh??? like what the hell?? And the smarmy, "I'm very sorry" in the least apologetic tone I've ever heard in my life. Jfc.

Lady Emily ☄️ @ladyemily.nebula.tv · 2d

The thing that gets me about actors responding like this whenever they’re asking about JKR is that they always say “we need to learn to agree to disagree ^_^” as if trans people are the ones leading the campaign, when we’re just trying to live our lives while JKR posts about trans hate 24/7

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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 12h

There is an actual life-changing conflict between WFH being cheaper and more efficient, an entire layer of middle managers who need to have meetings to feel alive, and the commercial real estate cabal that runs all cities. It’s going to get so fucking weird.

Hell-Raea-ser 🦋✨🏳️‍⚧️🏴 @raea.meangirls.online · 13h

remote work is like birth control or UBI atp where there’s overwhelming research consensus they improve quality of life for people they apply to, yet access is impeded or blocked by the ruling class because the thought of marginalized ppl having rich full lives makes steam come out their ears

Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 13h

2. Rolling Stone is owned by a large media conglomerate, which is ending remote work across its brands.

My home is Portland, Oregon, ~1,000 miles from the nearest office, so this marks the end of the line for me at RS.

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Hell-Raea-ser 🦋✨🏳️‍⚧️🏴 @raea.meangirls.online · 13h

remote work is like birth control or UBI atp where there’s overwhelming research consensus they improve quality of life for people they apply to, yet access is impeded or blocked by the ruling class because the thought of marginalized ppl having rich full lives makes steam come out their ears

Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 13h

2. Rolling Stone is owned by a large media conglomerate, which is ending remote work across its brands.

My home is Portland, Oregon, ~1,000 miles from the nearest office, so this marks the end of the line for me at RS.

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Lawrence Allan @writelarrywrite.lawrenceallanwrites.com · 9h

I don't think he cares. I just wish the brain worm would take charge.

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Lawrence Allan @writelarrywrite.lawrenceallanwrites.com · 9h

lol. I already liked him, you don't have to keep selling him on me.

Lawrence Allan @writelarrywrite.lawrenceallanwrites.com · 10h

Besides being creepy AF, I would assume he's lying as he is prone to do.

No one should believe a god damn thing he says.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

RFK Jr: "Today the average teenager in this country has 50% of the sperm count, 50% of the testosterone of a 65 year old man. Our girls are hitting puberty 6 years early ... our parents aren't having children."

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Lawrence Allan @writelarrywrite.lawrenceallanwrites.com · 11h

Fuck no, Microsoft.

Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 17h

This is the future of Windows. Microsoft wants to rewrite Windows to turn computers into AI PCs that you talk to. It's now bringing AI features to all Windows 11 PCs today, in a bid to convince you to talk to your PC and let AI control it. Full details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/799768/...

Microsoft wants you to talk to your PC and let AI control it

Copilot Voice and Vision are now rolling out.

www.theverge.com

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 1d

it is ALWAYS worth pointing out who gets to be just a helpless little innocent precious baby boy at the age of 34, vs. who is framed by the cops as a big scary dangerous man whose candy bar might be a gun when he's barely in middle school, or described as a "13-year-old woman" by her predator

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

last i checked these young republicans were like 25 years old. but this is a classic case of infantilization to diminish the significance of the offense. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Vance downplays group chat messages: ‘Kids do stupid things, especially young boys.’

The vice president called the texts "edgy, offensive jokes."

www.yahoo.com

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Lawrence Allan @writelarrywrite.lawrenceallanwrites.com · 1d

1. None of the stupid things I did was a teen or young adult involved loving Hitler.

2. These weren't kids. They are adults with jobs inside the Republican Party.

If Republicans don't want to be called racists and fascists, then they should stop doing racist and fascist shit.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

JD Vance dismisses Young Republicans who in a group chat said "I love Hitler" and joked about slavery and rape as "a bunch of kids" who "told stupid jokes" and adds that "most of the stupid things I did when I was a teenager and young adult, they're not on the internet."

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Lawrence Allan @writelarrywrite.lawrenceallanwrites.com · 1d

Huh. What do all of those have in common?

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d

NBC News has reportedly eliminated its NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT teams

NBC News’ 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams

The cuts affected teams across the NBC News operation and came as the network no longer needed to support two different news operations. MSNBC has begun growing its own newsroom, hiring swaths of tale...

www.thewrap.com

Lawrence Allan @writelarrywrite.lawrenceallanwrites.com · 1d

It's why we call them Nazis. Because they are Nazis.

Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 1d

Holy shit. This is Angelo Elia, a legislative correspondent for Congressman Dave Taylor.

According to @rooster.info, during a Zoom meeting today, he had an American nazi flag displayed in the background.

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Owen Barcala @obarcala.bsky.social · 1d

The "don't call us Nazis" crowd sure has a lot of swastikas

Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 1d

Holy shit. This is Angelo Elia, a legislative correspondent for Congressman Dave Taylor.

According to @rooster.info, during a Zoom meeting today, he had an American nazi flag displayed in the background.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

tfw your 1,000-word tweets aren't working

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Lawrence Allan @writelarrywrite.lawrenceallanwrites.com · 1d

He wanted to enslave Black people too?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Brooke Rollins: "Charlie Kirk is in a way the modern day Thomas Jefferson."

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Lawrence Allan @writelarrywrite.lawrenceallanwrites.com · 1d

Susan is actually onboard with the Trump administration and these slight protests are to give her cover.

Her actions are clear. She's fine with it all.

Lawrence Allan @writelarrywrite.lawrenceallanwrites.com · 1d

It's easy to be hypocritical when you have no principles. Like Mike.

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 1d

Maybe Mike meant "stood on" Capitol Police?

Lawrence Allan @writelarrywrite.lawrenceallanwrites.com · 1d

People who are actually successful, popular and powerful don’t have to threaten.

It’s such performative strongman bullshit because they are weak and unpopular.

Losers.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 2d

Young Republicans group chat.

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Lawrence Allan @writelarrywrite.lawrenceallanwrites.com · 1d

What a bunch of losers.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: Pentagon officials are forcing staff to watch Pete Hegseth's "Warrior" speech he forced generals to listen to.

Officials are even "testing" staff to see if they watched — and are threatening consequences if they lie about watching it or if they mock it, sources tell @swin24.bsky.social and I.

The Pentagon Is Ordering Staff to Watch Hegseth’s ‘MAGA Garbage’ Speech… Or Else

Defense Department sources tell Zeteo that staff have been warned that if they don’t watch or read the speech, or if they speak negatively of it, they could face severe consequences.

zeteo.com

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Lawrence Allan @writelarrywrite.lawrenceallanwrites.com · 2d

Racism isn’t just created in a vacuum. This is learned behavior. These chuds learned it and found out it was acceptable to the people around them.

In other words: it’s not just them. It’s all of the GOP.

Jen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · 2d

"The chat offers an unfiltered look at how a new generation of GOP activists talk when they think no one is listening." www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com