Bastlynn
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She/Her spoken with the awe and fear as with which the Depths Of the Sea are named.
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I will never understand why we pass around CEOs in the US among companies--even after they fail or, like this, shouldn't be hired ever again. It's like only an elite number of douches can possibly be CEOs...even if they're terrible. And, companies are eager to hire them after they've been fired.
Also relevant and also not talked about: This is the new president of Paramount 👇
In its 2023 filings to the SEC, NBCUniversal literally reported that it “terminated Mr. Shell’s employment With Cause” following an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment against him
Gift 🔗
In its 2023 filings to the SEC, NBCUniversal literally reported that it “terminated Mr. Shell’s employment With Cause” following an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment against him
Gift 🔗
November 26, 2025 at 3:42 AM
I will never understand why we pass around CEOs in the US among companies--even after they fail or, like this, shouldn't be hired ever again. It's like only an elite number of douches can possibly be CEOs...even if they're terrible. And, companies are eager to hire them after they've been fired.
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Riddle me this:
If Trump's military hasn't issued any illegal orders, why has Pete Hegseth been unable to come up with *any* legal justification for killing those fishermen in boats in the Caribbean?🤔
If Trump's military hasn't issued any illegal orders, why has Pete Hegseth been unable to come up with *any* legal justification for killing those fishermen in boats in the Caribbean?🤔
November 25, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Riddle me this:
If Trump's military hasn't issued any illegal orders, why has Pete Hegseth been unable to come up with *any* legal justification for killing those fishermen in boats in the Caribbean?🤔
If Trump's military hasn't issued any illegal orders, why has Pete Hegseth been unable to come up with *any* legal justification for killing those fishermen in boats in the Caribbean?🤔
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Any Democratic candidate unwilling to preach this loudly on the campaign trail should be ignored and/or chastised.
Also unrelenting phone calls from constituents to earnestly follow through with all of this.
Also unrelenting phone calls from constituents to earnestly follow through with all of this.
When the moment comes, be ready to *loudly and unrelentingly* demand:
Investigations.
Charges.
Prosecutions.
Sentences.
Legislation.
Regulation.
Enforcement.
Until there is justice.
Investigations.
Charges.
Prosecutions.
Sentences.
Legislation.
Regulation.
Enforcement.
Until there is justice.
The first official confirmation that Noem herself made the decision not to turn the planes around. A couple hundred men were tortured as a result — and soon after, the Supreme Court confirmed that the Trump admin’s Alien Enemies Act process was a total violation of due process.
November 26, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Any Democratic candidate unwilling to preach this loudly on the campaign trail should be ignored and/or chastised.
Also unrelenting phone calls from constituents to earnestly follow through with all of this.
Also unrelenting phone calls from constituents to earnestly follow through with all of this.
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As NASHVILLE crews sound the 🚨 about tunnel safety concerns and walk out, worth remembering just last week it was reported the NV governor got fines against Boring dropped when firefighters & workers “suffered chemical burns” in Vegas
Are they counting on that from @GovBillLee?
Are they counting on that from @GovBillLee?
November 26, 2025 at 3:43 AM
As NASHVILLE crews sound the 🚨 about tunnel safety concerns and walk out, worth remembering just last week it was reported the NV governor got fines against Boring dropped when firefighters & workers “suffered chemical burns” in Vegas
Are they counting on that from @GovBillLee?
Are they counting on that from @GovBillLee?
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MORE: The local crew foreman on the NASHVILLE tunnel dig says Elon’s Boring Company has been wildly late on pay, and has been trying to hire his guys behind his back.
He also says despite what Steve Davis said about safety, the situation is dangerous.
nashvillebanner.com/2025/11/25/b...
He also says despite what Steve Davis said about safety, the situation is dangerous.
nashvillebanner.com/2025/11/25/b...
November 26, 2025 at 2:55 AM
MORE: The local crew foreman on the NASHVILLE tunnel dig says Elon’s Boring Company has been wildly late on pay, and has been trying to hire his guys behind his back.
He also says despite what Steve Davis said about safety, the situation is dangerous.
nashvillebanner.com/2025/11/25/b...
He also says despite what Steve Davis said about safety, the situation is dangerous.
nashvillebanner.com/2025/11/25/b...
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The first official confirmation that Noem herself made the decision not to turn the planes around. A couple hundred men were tortured as a result — and soon after, the Supreme Court confirmed that the Trump admin’s Alien Enemies Act process was a total violation of due process.
BREAKING:
“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
November 26, 2025 at 1:45 AM
The first official confirmation that Noem herself made the decision not to turn the planes around. A couple hundred men were tortured as a result — and soon after, the Supreme Court confirmed that the Trump admin’s Alien Enemies Act process was a total violation of due process.
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I'm seeing a lot of posts about how little most authors make...and that's truer than true, so if you take a chance to support a lesser-known author, it means a lot to us. Also, remember, your 5-star review will counteract the 1-star "female lead is unlikeable" reviews. You'll be a hero.
November 25, 2025 at 9:35 AM
I'm seeing a lot of posts about how little most authors make...and that's truer than true, so if you take a chance to support a lesser-known author, it means a lot to us. Also, remember, your 5-star review will counteract the 1-star "female lead is unlikeable" reviews. You'll be a hero.
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Been thinking about this old vent art for the past couple hours. It feels relevant again for different reasons, so it's a good time to post it here, I think.
psy🎨
psy🎨
November 26, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Been thinking about this old vent art for the past couple hours. It feels relevant again for different reasons, so it's a good time to post it here, I think.
psy🎨
psy🎨
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give it up for Henry yall
November 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
give it up for Henry yall
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The student-run Daily Tar Heel is doing stellar reporting on deep struggles over #UNC's School of Civic Life and Leadership, created by the legislature, here's the latest from reporter Aidan Lockhart: www.dailytarheel.com/article/inve...
'Dictatorial powers': SCiLL dean ignored vote of the School's advisory board
New evidence obtained by The Daily Tar Heel gives weight to claims made by professors who resigned from the School of Civic Life and Leadership.
www.dailytarheel.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The student-run Daily Tar Heel is doing stellar reporting on deep struggles over #UNC's School of Civic Life and Leadership, created by the legislature, here's the latest from reporter Aidan Lockhart: www.dailytarheel.com/article/inve...
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My high school teacher asked us to share a favourite poem. She said my choice by Roland Bottrall was a poor example of a poem.
I said nothing. 40 years later I am certain she was wrong.
It has many poetic credentials, but most of all it has heart, and truth, and soul.
#poetry
#poemoftheday
I said nothing. 40 years later I am certain she was wrong.
It has many poetic credentials, but most of all it has heart, and truth, and soul.
#poetry
#poemoftheday
November 25, 2025 at 11:11 PM
My high school teacher asked us to share a favourite poem. She said my choice by Roland Bottrall was a poor example of a poem.
I said nothing. 40 years later I am certain she was wrong.
It has many poetic credentials, but most of all it has heart, and truth, and soul.
#poetry
#poemoftheday
I said nothing. 40 years later I am certain she was wrong.
It has many poetic credentials, but most of all it has heart, and truth, and soul.
#poetry
#poemoftheday
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It's a classic coaching technique to interrupt a deposition question with a 'speaking objection' that suggests to the witness what they should say.
It is of course prohibited, and it is no surprise the Trump admin lawyers were doing it constantly for Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino.
It is of course prohibited, and it is no surprise the Trump admin lawyers were doing it constantly for Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino.
And, here is Bovino's third day of depositions, November 4: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The lawyers:
Locke Bowman for the plaintiffs.
Sarmad Khojasteh for the government.
The lawyers:
Locke Bowman for the plaintiffs.
Sarmad Khojasteh for the government.
November 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
It's a classic coaching technique to interrupt a deposition question with a 'speaking objection' that suggests to the witness what they should say.
It is of course prohibited, and it is no surprise the Trump admin lawyers were doing it constantly for Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino.
It is of course prohibited, and it is no surprise the Trump admin lawyers were doing it constantly for Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino.
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Great thread and a good historic lesson on how vital the freedom of movement is, which highlights how much concern we should have with a national surveillance system that flags “suspicious” travel patterns.
This Day in Labor History: November 25, 1865. Mississippi created the first of the Black Codes. Designed to recreate slavery in all but name, this signified the South’s resistance to the freeing of their labor force and the lengths to which it would go to tie workers to a place under white control.
November 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Great thread and a good historic lesson on how vital the freedom of movement is, which highlights how much concern we should have with a national surveillance system that flags “suspicious” travel patterns.
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More elections are already around the corner, mere days.
And Democrats have opportunities to build on their November gains by flipping more offices: in Tennessee, in Georgia, in Florida.
And that's just the tip of a busy election month.
My new guide, just out:
And Democrats have opportunities to build on their November gains by flipping more offices: in Tennessee, in Georgia, in Florida.
And that's just the tip of a busy election month.
My new guide, just out:
The 25 Elections to Watch This December - Bolts
On the heels of their sweeping wins in November, Democrats have opportunities to gain further ground in December runoffs and special elections. They’re hoping for upsets in conservative territory, fro...
boltsmag.org
November 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
More elections are already around the corner, mere days.
And Democrats have opportunities to build on their November gains by flipping more offices: in Tennessee, in Georgia, in Florida.
And that's just the tip of a busy election month.
My new guide, just out:
And Democrats have opportunities to build on their November gains by flipping more offices: in Tennessee, in Georgia, in Florida.
And that's just the tip of a busy election month.
My new guide, just out:
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Speaker Mike Johnson has reportedly told the White House that most Republicans aren't interested in extending ACA subsidies.
Reminder that 57% of ACA Marketplace enrollees live in congressional districts represented by a Republican.
They're selling out their own voters.
Reminder that 57% of ACA Marketplace enrollees live in congressional districts represented by a Republican.
They're selling out their own voters.
November 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Speaker Mike Johnson has reportedly told the White House that most Republicans aren't interested in extending ACA subsidies.
Reminder that 57% of ACA Marketplace enrollees live in congressional districts represented by a Republican.
They're selling out their own voters.
Reminder that 57% of ACA Marketplace enrollees live in congressional districts represented by a Republican.
They're selling out their own voters.
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ICYMI, this is great stuff. both better designed and more comprehensive than Biden's child tax credit boost www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/11/20/r...
Rep. Tlaib’s Economic Dignity for All Agenda Would Bring Economic Security for Millions
The agenda would lower poverty by 42% and child poverty by two-thirds.
www.peoplespolicyproject.org
November 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
ICYMI, this is great stuff. both better designed and more comprehensive than Biden's child tax credit boost www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/11/20/r...
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Demand for bad news is insatiable, and we’ve built a media ecosystem where the vast majority of content creators have total freedom to simply invent bad news to meet that demand
local TV stations' websites will display stories about crime in *cities in other states* when there isn't enough local crime content
November 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Demand for bad news is insatiable, and we’ve built a media ecosystem where the vast majority of content creators have total freedom to simply invent bad news to meet that demand
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It’s worse than that, too: because in the unregulated information marketplace, media producers live or die entirely on their ability to compete with each other, they have a powerful structural incentive to produce more bad news and endlessly validate the gloom of audiences. Race to the bottom
I think we underestimate how addictive bad news is for people who consume it.
boy there seems to be a bottomless appetite for dogmatic economic pessimism on video platforms. clicked on one of those during the morning Zwift and now my youtube feed is WE'RE DOOMED re the stock market, jobs, car market, inflation, AI on and on
November 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
It’s worse than that, too: because in the unregulated information marketplace, media producers live or die entirely on their ability to compete with each other, they have a powerful structural incentive to produce more bad news and endlessly validate the gloom of audiences. Race to the bottom
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Just like UBI & Medicare for All would be much better uses of taxpayer dollars.
Anderson Cooper: So it's more expensive to have a chronically homeless person living on the streets than it is to actually subsidize an apartment for them?
Answer: Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing… #HousingFirst
Answer: Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing… #HousingFirst
100,000 Homes: Housing the homeless saves money?
Giving apartments to the chronically homeless can save taxpayer dollars, advocates say
www.cbsnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Just like UBI & Medicare for All would be much better uses of taxpayer dollars.
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"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
November 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
"You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?"
Uh... well. I mean...
@samreich.bsky.social - you're on the hook here I think. Would you Make Some Noise on my behalf?
Uh... well. I mean...
@samreich.bsky.social - you're on the hook here I think. Would you Make Some Noise on my behalf?
November 25, 2025 at 2:50 PM
"You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?"
Uh... well. I mean...
@samreich.bsky.social - you're on the hook here I think. Would you Make Some Noise on my behalf?
Uh... well. I mean...
@samreich.bsky.social - you're on the hook here I think. Would you Make Some Noise on my behalf?
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Yes, HID headlights are very bright but the bigger problem is the proliferation of gargantuan vehicles with 5’+ hood heights so that if you’re driving a normal sized car their headlights are at your eye level rather than seat level like they’re supposed to be.
November 25, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Yes, HID headlights are very bright but the bigger problem is the proliferation of gargantuan vehicles with 5’+ hood heights so that if you’re driving a normal sized car their headlights are at your eye level rather than seat level like they’re supposed to be.
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BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
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tfw you’re fucking the lasagna man for lasagna
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 AM
tfw you’re fucking the lasagna man for lasagna
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Boeing and NASA have agreed to keep astronauts off the company's next Starliner flight. Instead, Boeing will perform a trial run with cargo to the International Space Station to prove the capsule's safety.
Boeing's troubled capsule won't carry astronauts on next space station flight
Boeing and NASA have agreed to keep astronauts off the company's next Starliner flight. Instead, Boeing will perform a trial run with cargo to the International Space Station to prove the capsule's safety.
bit.ly
November 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Boeing and NASA have agreed to keep astronauts off the company's next Starliner flight. Instead, Boeing will perform a trial run with cargo to the International Space Station to prove the capsule's safety.