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Zach Halper @zanath.bsky.social · 9h

Excuse me?

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Sam (ABeardedPanda) @abeardedpanda.bsky.social · 11h

Imagine devoting your entire life to prostrating yourself before this man and when you die trying to further his movement he eulogizes you by saying "lmao skill issue git gud"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Trump at the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually."

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 11h

Literally nothing coming from the Pentagon, DHS, or DOJ should be considered credible unless backed up by an independent source outside of government. (This, for the record, is a huge problem!)

MFordTheRiver @prynnford.bsky.social · 12h

Of all the things that didn’t happen

Screen shot of ABC article with the headline “cartels issuing bounties up to 50k for hits on ICE and CBP agents, DHS says.”

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Zach Halper @zanath.bsky.social · 11h

But, you know, he really deserves that Nobel Prize.

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 15h

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 16h

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

Zach Halper @zanath.bsky.social · 13h

When I am President, my first act will be to ban the use of “ooey gooey” as a descriptor of cheese on cooking shows.1

Zach Halper @zanath.bsky.social · 13h

I enjoy YOLO Kathy Hochul

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

Zach Halper @zanath.bsky.social · 13h

At some point the AI bubble is going to burst and the world economy is going to crash, all because some tech bros wanted to cyber with a robot.

Zach Halper @zanath.bsky.social · 13h

This is obviously what this was all leading up to.

The Verge @theverge.com · 17h

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

buff.ly

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Zach Halper @zanath.bsky.social · 13h

Didn’t we already have a Charlie Kirk memorial?

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 14h

He really put a "but I'm different" in his eulogy. What a mind.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Trump at the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually."

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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 16h

It is to the shame of all the male reporters in the room that they do not immediately leave

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Trump ignores a question from a woman reporter but says, "I just like to watch her talk. Good job. Thank you darling."

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 15h

The entire first two months of the Biden administration were taken up by obsessive complaining about how he wouldn't do press conferences & wasn't taking policy questions (bsky.app/profile/mcop...).

This? Gone tomorrow. Totally different set of standards applied to two totally different parties.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Trump: "I don't take questions from ABC fake news after what you did with Stephanopoulos to the vice president of the United States."

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Zach Halper @zanath.bsky.social · 17h

I believe this is the first official confirmation that Jeremy Allen White is playing Rotta (at 4:13): www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FS9...

Jeremy Allen White played Bruce Springsteen...while he was on set

YouTube video by Good Morning America

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Rik Villanueva @cadbanesbounty.bsky.social · 17h

Mia Goth on filming Star Wars: Starfighter

www.elle.com/culture/movi...

“It’s really intense, but I love it,” Goth says. “I’m being pushed in a way that I’ve never been pushed before....This is a completely separate film, not a prequel. It’s its own thing, with new characters. And it’s a great script, a really great script.” Of casting Goth’s role, Starfighter director Levy told me, “We needed a singular actor to play a fiercely complex new character within the Star Wars galaxy. Mia is a unicorn of an actress. It’s not like you could ever say, ‘We need a Mia Goth type,’ because there is no type. There’s just Mia.”

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Zach Halper @zanath.bsky.social · 17h

They think they are so cool and funny when they are actually the lamest group of wannabe edgelords that have ever existed.

Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 17h

My non-shocked face

Politico @politico.com · 18h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

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Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 18h

'Andor' creator Tony Gilroy urges people to participate in the No Kings protest on October 18

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Kelly Knox @kelly-knox.com · 20h

"I’m selling movies, yes. But if I can do it with art, with beauty, in a way that reaches people and touches them... that’s what makes me happy." - Drew Struzan

Struzan's painted posters for Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi

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Rik Villanueva @cadbanesbounty.bsky.social · 20h

Sad news

RIP Drew Struzan

A legend of immense talent. Thank you sharing your gifts with the world.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21h

wow. bezos has destroyed this paper.

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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Star Wars Explained @starwarsexplained.com · 22h

TIL Space Wars Explained exists in Star Wars canon now 👀

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23h

one of my takeaways from this great piece is that weiss just doesn’t…sound like an intelligent person? or at least, not someone who has thought even a little bit about how and why they think the things that they do. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gieT...

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

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

"Courage is resistance to fear."

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Zach Halper @zanath.bsky.social · 1d

All timer quote on Bake Off this season.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 1d

The fact that top Republicans are already fearmongering about, lying about, the No Kings rallies this Saturday, across the US, tells you how worried they are about public pressure and protest against their reactionary, autocratic, anti-American agenda.

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Zach Halper @zanath.bsky.social · 1d

Good

Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 1d

Multiple airports are now announcing they will refuse to play Kristi Noem’s government-funded video blaming “Democrats” for the government shutdown.

“We believe the Hatch Act clearly prohibits use of public assets for political purposes and messaging,” one airport said.

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