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Zac Estrada @zacestrada.com · 38m

@davidlaz.bsky.social you got the Scouts thing very wrong as someone who got the Computers badge 20 years ago

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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 2h

… Blake Neff, Benny Johnson, Jack Posobiec, Tyler Bowyer, Andrew Klavin at the WH for the Kirk ceremony; posted by Johnson.

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LA Public Press @lapublicpress.bsky.social · 6h

At a Boyle Heights hospital, ICE agents call the shots, doctors say.

Doctors say administrator directives allow immigration agents to interfere in medical decisions and compromise medical care.

At a Boyle Heights hospital, ICE agents call the shots, doctors say

Doctors say administrator directives allow immigration agents to interfere in medical decisions and compromise medical care.

lapublicpress.org

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Zac Estrada @zacestrada.com · 5h

"Inside, there are new upholstery options, such as Alcantara with contrasting stitching said to resemble cannelloni."

Um, ok. www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new...

Alfa Romeo Tonale gets a makeover: more power, new interiors and a new entry-level | Autocar

Alfa’s Audi Q3 rival gets a more aggressive-looking front end and engines that meet new emissions regs

www.autocar.co.uk

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Joey Scott @joeyneverjoe.bsky.social · 7h

Ok, but he is still trying to deploy the Guard in Chicago and PDX over people in inflatable suits. We’ve seen his characterization of the protests differ from reality and yet, it’s not stopped him. This “don’t give him what he wants” line is tired.

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 12h

one of the reasons they're so mad at "no kings" is that they thought they were going to get a different kind of protest. they *want* the black bloc to be out there fighting with the cops. those are the images they've been trying to generate from "go." instead--

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

MAGA Rage at “No Kings” Boils Over—and It Quickly Backfires on Trump

As Trump allies smear the coming protests, a good writer on MAGA skewers the absurdity of these attacks on large swaths of Americans—and explains why our best recourse will be to turn out in force.

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 7h

Someone tell Glenn Greenwald and Matt Taibbi

Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 8h

I'm sorry, is the Trump Administration talking to a tech platform?

Is it...requesting content moderation?

Today following outreach from @thejusticedept, Facebook removed a large group page that was being used to dox and target @ICEgov agents in Chicago.
The wave of violence against ICE has been driven by online apps and social media campaigns designed to put ICE officers at risk just for doing their jobs. The Department of Justice will continue engaging tech companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent violence against federal law enforcement.

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Zac Estrada @zacestrada.com · 7h

One can hope. Because it's extremely likely it'll exceed the price cap for any remaining state tax credits with options and the $2,595(!) destination charge

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 8h

Mike Johnson — man of deep faith, we are told — wants pastors to be shot in the head with pepper balls.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Q: We've seen images out of Chicago of federal agents shooting faith leaders with pepper balls and arresting journalists. Where's the limit for you on what's acceptable conduct by federal agents?

MIKE JOHNSON: I've not seen them cross the line yet.

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Zac Estrada @zacestrada.com · 8h

digital subscriber figures tell more of the story, which makes sense that some midsize-large papers have stopped regularly reporting (they still have to report print)

Alex Shephard @alexshephard.bsky.social · 9h

these are print circulation numbers from June that don't tell us anything about the overall health of the Washington Post (which stopped reporting its likely very bad, precipitously declining digital subscriber numbers last year)

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

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Ian James @ianjames.bsky.social · 9h

Gov. Newsom vetoed a bill that would have tracked data centers’ growing water footprint. He says California is “well positioned” to support the AI-driven data center boom, and he is reluctant to impose “rigid reporting requirements.” www.latimes.com/environment/...

California cracks down on water theft but spares data centers from disclosing how much they use

Gov. Newsom vetoed a bill that would have required data centers to report their projected water use when applying for a business license.

www.latimes.com

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Zac Estrada @zacestrada.com · 9h

Like DaimlerChrysler and AMC, Stellantis attaches Jeep to everything because it tarnished a lot of its other brands but it's made Jeep a muddled lineup of its own. The Avenger would probably do OK in the US but, to me, the Wagoneer S is ill-suited in the lineup in any market. It's still a mess

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Zac Estrada @zacestrada.com · 9h

Stellantis finally introducing a range extender EV on one of its slower sellers with an already muddled naming scheme is very Stellantis of them but it might work better than the "it's not a Jeep, it's a Wagoneer" strategy media.stellantisnorthamerica.com/newsrelease....

Stellantis Media - A Grand Entrance: New 2026 Jeep® Grand Wagoneer Delivers Full-size Sophistication, New Style and Capability, Family- and Wallet-friendly Starting Under $65,000

With new Jeep brand badging, powerful powertrains, including an America-first, range-extended electric vehicle application, an elevated exterior design and an accessible family-friendly price point, t...

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 10h

Rupert Murdoch is awful, but he was an actual newspaper person who understood that alienating your core audience is not good business. For Bezos, the Post was a vanity project, and is now a loss leader to protect his other interests.

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

www.forbes.com

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Zac Estrada @zacestrada.com · 10h

Glad I didn't read this paragraph when I was trying to go back to sleep www.latimes.com/travel/story...

I am playing a gamed called “Election Day” at Appleseed Avenue, a relatively new escape room in a multi-story strip mall in Newhall. The puppet world is in the midst of a crisis, torn over whether humans should be allowed to wander the fictional street of Appleseed Avenue. My role is that of a detective, and throughout this game of fatal political espionage, I encounter multiple puppet characters — electricians, would-be-mayors, gangsters, dead puppets.

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Jaweed Kaleem @jaweedkaleem.bsky.social · 1d

University of California & Cal State campuses have together shared the names of thousands of employees with the Trump admin as it probes antisemitism allegations. Faculty are demanding schools, which say they are legally required to share data, push back:

www.latimes.com/california/s...

UC, CSU released troves of personal employee information to the feds. Now the backlash

Cal State and UC have face campus protest and intense rebuke by faculty, students and staff for sharing employee personal information with the Trump administration as part of investigations into alle...

www.latimes.com

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Richard Lawson @rilaws.bsky.social · 10h

No scarier thing to see in a recipe than “Working quickly,”

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Zac Estrada @zacestrada.com · 10h

"Mamdani excels at the game of interpersonal politics that Sanders so famously eschews. He loves a rope line as much as Joe Biden. Loves a selfie like Elizabeth Warren. And he stays until the end of a Black church service..." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/m...

Inside the Improbable, Audacious and (So Far) Unstoppable Rise of Zohran Mamdani

www.nytimes.com

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 11h

Media, plz try to remember what happened mere months ago thx

Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 11h

We have also been here before, it wasn’t even a year ago that the second trump era began with him declaring how good at making peace he was only for that to predictably not happen at all, and then he helped escalate the war

Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 11h

The many media outlets, politicians, and commentators who rushed to declare “a great peace, glory to the king!” should ask themselves why they did that, and figure out how to not make the same mistake again.

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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 11h

Apple TV+'s "vibrant new identity" as Apple TV, not to be confused with Apple TV, is going well:

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 21h

Solidarity is the only way

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Zac Estrada @zacestrada.com · 23h

Making that steep climb up to the roof... level of the parking structure...

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Zac Estrada @zacestrada.com · 23h

"'The JPL that we knew is gone,' said one employee, who has worked at JPL for over 10 years and lamented the repeated layoffs. The engineer also described an ongoing brain drain and a feeling of despondency among the staff" laist.com/news/climate...

JPL announces that hundreds of employees will be laid off Tuesday

Jet Propulsion Laboratory leadership announces that 11% of the workforce is being cut.

laist.com

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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: The Governor signed our legislation to authorize a Bay Area regional funding ballot measure for transit.

SB 63 is critical to avoid massive service cuts at Muni, BART, Caltrain & other systems. We need to stabilize & modernize these systems for the Bay Area’s future.

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 1d

The attorneys working on this case should be disbarred.

Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 2d

So Kilmer Abrego-Garcia will not challenge a deportation to Costa Rica, who has agreed to for him residency, but DHS won’t agree to send him there because it’s not cruel enough.

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

For weeks, Mr. Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national who is married to a U.S. citizen, has made clear that he would not challenge his deportation if he were sent to Costa Rica, which has promised him legal residency and guaranteed that he would not be sent back to El Salvador.

But the Trump administration has refused to deport him to Costa Rica, and in an earlier hearing this week, Judge Xinis pressed the administration to consider the option or clarify why it was unacceptable.

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Zac Estrada @zacestrada.com · 1d

"Owners were also advised to avoid using either hybrid or electric modes if they had updated their 4xe and not already suffered a powertrain failure. Yesterday, Jeep pushed out a fix."

So just use it as a normal Wrangler? Got it. arstechnica.com/cars/2025/10...

Software update bricks some Jeep 4xe hybrids over the weekend

Jeep has pulled the update; owners are advised to ignore it if it already downloaded.

arstechnica.com

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