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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 1d

Hey Georgia! @hankgreen.bsky.social has a convincing pitch for why you should vote AGAINST THE REPUBLICANS in the upcoming Georgia Public Service Commission special election! Potentially save consumers money, kick out some Rs, feel good! YOUR VOTE WILL COUNT HUGELY! www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...

I Need 1% of Georgia to Watch This Video

YouTube video by Hank Green

www.youtube.com

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 1d

Korol is a US citizen. Her family hasn’t heard from her since she was taken, public charges haven’t been released—what crime did she even commit? 2nd-Degree Woodwinding?—and there has been no explanation for her “renditioning” across state lines.

We’ve moved into a new phase of Trump lawlessness.

Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 1d

A musician, Oriana Korol, was peacefully playing clarinet with her protest band outside ICE facilities in Portland, OR.

When the band started playing “Ghostbusters,” ICE thugs suddenly poured outside, slammed her into the mud, arrested her and took her to a jail 9 miles away in Vancouver, WA.

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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Ben @bbchase.bsky.social · 2d

Next they'll re-introduce the iPod as the "Apple Music."

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Ben @bbchase.bsky.social · 2d

Great thread

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 3d

This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States.

Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵

Someone on Twitter replies to me: "meh. buy american or stfu."

Two hours later, in a separate thread, the write: "$30 for a single button-up is ridiculous unless it is decent quality silk."

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 3d

Wow, so it’s illegal to make plans with friends now

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Ben @bbchase.bsky.social · 5d

TRON: Ares is a movie about two billionaire tech CEOs and two AIs with nary a personality among them.

Ben @bbchase.bsky.social · 7d

I really don’t think that man is the acting president.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?

TRUMP: Suspending who?

Q: Habeas corpus

TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 7d

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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Ben @bbchase.bsky.social · 7d

Why do smoke detector batteries always die between 2 and 5 am? Seems like a statistical improbability.

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DAVE! (like "Them!" but Dave) @daveexmachina.bsky.social · 9d

normal person: i just want a place to hang out with my friends
tech weirdo: and shitheads
np: no just my friends
tw: but what about hearing alternative views on race and gender?
np: we just want to hang out and goof around
tw: so where do the shitheads fit in then
np: no shitheads
tw: not following

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Ben @bbchase.bsky.social · 10d

We should impeach President Miller

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onefootinthegrave.bsky.social @onefootinthegrave.bsky.social · 12d

you are not old. you are at least twenty years away from being old. get out and do more stuff, by yourself if necessary. and drink more water.

essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · 12d

Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?

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Ben @bbchase.bsky.social · 14d

“They robbed the school of Tito!”

Willow @rockshrimp.bsky.social · 14d

what's the stupidest/randomest Simpsons quote that lives in your head rent free? Mine is the urge to say "you said go to bread" every time I am about to head to bed.

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Rob Donoghue @rdonoghue.bsky.social · 14d

While Trump himself is a great example of straight up corruption, most of the people serving in leadership give the sense of still being mad that life is not high school, and have been given a unique opportunity to seek their revenge.

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Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 15d

Longtime Pentagon reporter Helene Cooper said that she can't find any military officials who attended the meeting in Virginia with President Donald Trump and Secretary Pete Hegseth and liked what they heard.

www.rawstory.com/trump-milita...

'Disbelief': Pentagon reporter can't find one military official who liked Hegseth's speech

Longtime Pentagon reporter Helene Cooper said that she can't find any military officials who attended the meeting in Virginia with President Donald Trump and Secretary Pete Hegseth and liked what the...

www.rawstory.com

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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 15d

New: Last night in the Senate, Ted Cruz blocked a bill that would have prevented data brokers from selling personal data on anyone in the United States, and not just federal lawmakers and government officials.

Ted Cruz blocks bill that would extend privacy protections to all Americans | TechCrunch

The Texas senator blocked a bill that would have prevented data brokers from selling personal data on anyone in the United States, and not just federal lawmakers and government officials.

techcrunch.com

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Matt Cameron @mattcameron.bsky.social · 16d

hey @nytimes.com: there is no counterpoint here. There are no credible legal experts who would EVER say that the US military has any right or authority to blow civilian craft out of the Caribbean and kill their crews from afar without any provocation. There is no other side to this question.

"Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians not directly taking part in hostilities, even if they are believed to be smuggling drugs."

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15d

would love to hear more congressional democrats say "should we win power next year we are going to treat every one of these as bribes and act accordingly" arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

Trump obtains another settlement as YouTube agrees to pay $24.5 million

Alphabet settles with Trump instead of fighting lawsuit over January 6 suspension.

arstechnica.com

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YIMBYs Against Ezra Klein @orko.bsky.social · 16d

Trump is a very evil man, but it is underrated the degree that he is being lied to by men who are even more evil than he is

April Glick Pulito @aprilglick.bsky.social · 16d

bro we are so cooked

Alex Bolton
@alexanderbolton

Chuck Schumer tells reporters at White House that Trump seemed completely oblivious to impending increase in health insurance rates and closing of rural hospitals: "By his face and by the way he looked, I think he heard about them for the first time."
4:46 PM • 9/29/25 • 1K Views

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onion person @junlper.beer · 16d

starting to think that an increasingly senile trump is being shown a different reality by his aides by making ai videos of shit and telling him it’s real news

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Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social · 16d

I’m becoming more and more concerned that people at high levels of public discussion cannot identify the difference between a genuinely viral conversation vs a bunch of bots making noise.

Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 16d

“Bots or likely bots authored 44.5% of X posts mentioning Cracker Barrel in the 24 hours after the new logo gained attention on Aug. 20, according to research for ⁦‪@WSJ‬⁩ by PeakMetrics. That number rose to 49% among posts calling for a boycott.”

Bot Networks Are Helping Drag Consumer Brands Into the Culture Wars

AI tools have made coordinated attacks targeting corporations much more common, researchers say.

www.wsj.com

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Dave Vanness @djvanness.bsky.social · 16d

A lot of people think that every international student admitted means one fewer spot for domestic students, when the opposite is more likely true - the tuition revenue international students bring allows public universities to provide substantial discounts to domestic students, improving access.

Nick Fleisher @nickfleisher.bsky.social · 16d

30% drop year over year!

Amid visa restrictions, international freshmen enrollment plummets at UW-Madison

This year’s number of international freshmen is the lowest recorded since at least 2015.

www.jsonline.com

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Ben @bbchase.bsky.social · 16d

Wow, that's like 175,000 annual YouTube Premium subscriptions... No reason to make that comparison, it's just the first one that came to mind...

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 16d

Today’s capitulation. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

Monday, September 29 5:02
WSJ
Breaking News
YouTube has agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle Trump's 2021 lawsuit over the suspension of his account

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Zoe TunnHELL @zoewithasword.bsky.social · 16d

Look I try not to doomsay or spread panic but this shit is truly and deeply Very Bad for every single trans person in America and unless everyone makes it their mission in life over the next few days to make sure that their reps know that shutting down the government is the correct option here.

PinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social · 16d

Trump threatens to shut down US government unless Democrats agree to ban all trans health care
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/09/29/trans-care-ban-government-shutdown/?utm_content=1759153201&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

Trump threatens to shut down US government unless all trans health care is banned

The US government's looming shutdown hinges on anti-trans measures after Donald Trump refused to speak to Democrats unless they were passed.

www.thepinknews.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16d

democrats can now reach young men by telling them that trump wants to take away their naruto and their one piece

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