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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 54m

very funny that JD Vance has so little to do with his time that he goes on podcasts to defend 30-year-old men for saying how much they love Hitler

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

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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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 5h

"they've always been like this" is always a tempting savvy take but it is just not true that Republican staffers were 100 percent open Nazis back in 2004, or hell even 2014. they just weren't

Michael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social · 6h

there have been a lot of responses to this arguing that young Republicans were motivated by such feelings but didn't express them openly

and I think a crucial lesson of the Trump era is that there is great value in people not expressing these things openly! that's a big and decisive change!

Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 23h

For those tempted to say Young Republicans have always been this way, they really have not. When I worked on campus and did bipartisan college events after, they were very much not like this.

That’s why groups like YCT and eventually TPUSA formed — because Young Republicans weren’t radical enough.

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Ben Alterman @benalterman.com · 1h

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Shamit Dua @fearthebrown.bsky.social · 1h

The New Orleans Pelicans today announced that Kevon Looney has been diagnosed with a proximal tibiofibular ligament sprain in his left knee. He will be out 2-3 weeks

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FAN EXPO New Orleans @fanexponeworleans.bsky.social · 5h

The Hobbits are coming to FAN EXPO New Orleans. Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Dominic Monaghan, and Billy Boyd reunite for An Evening with the Hobbits: In Celebration of 25 Years. On sale October 22 at 10 AM CT.

Buy tickets: spr.ly/6174A0D4w
Learn more: spr.ly/6176A0D4j

#LOTR #TheHobbits

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Ben Alterman @benalterman.com · 2h

There are going to be like 10 of these things sold total

AmericanTruckSongs10 @ethangach.bsky.social · 4h

Good Morning America did a holiday shopping tech segment on the ROG Xbox Ally gets the most important thing wrong about the device claiming it can play Xbox console games.

Ben Alterman @benalterman.com · 2h

Just go look at Tua’s contract. They basically are stuck with him until 2027.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 4h

Old enough to remember when kids being anti-semitic was the basis for a federal government assault on higher education

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 5h

ICE just arrested a singing giraffe in Portland.

Robby Roadsteamer @roadsteamer.bsky.social · 6h

🚨 *Breaking News* Robby Roadsteamer has been detained by ICE Portland after singing Rod Stewart with the Portland Frog! We need your help!

Please support Robby's campaign and lawyer fees at robbyroadsteamer.com link on bio 💙🦒🦒🦒

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Ben K. @benjaminkabak.com · 4h

Some of the participants in the pro-Hitler Young Republican group chart are in their 30s and 40s. They're quite literally JD Vance's age.

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Mason Ginsberg @masonginsberg.bsky.social · 21h

This first half shot chart doesn't look like any Pelicans team I recognize. Had to make sure it wasn't misclick!

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PodKATT @podkatt.bsky.social · 21h

None of these words are real.

Jill Twiss @jilltwiss.bsky.social · 22h

Hi what

Headline: “nature’s labubu: why are gen z unboxing conkers?”

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Brendan Keogh @brkeogh.bsky.social · 1d

Visa and Mastercard have the opportunity to do something really funny.

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 1d

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.

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Ben Alterman @benalterman.com · 21h

Herb is all Willie needs to have a functioning defense

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JCsPops (with Cousin It vibes) @jdub9911.bsky.social · 21h

28/32 shots have been either 3s or at the rim with a 39.3% 3PTr.

Don’t really care if they’re missing, just keep taking them. They’ll fall soon enough.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d

Good. Even if this doesn’t work, it’s time to go on offense.

www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-...

JB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in Chicago

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents.

www.newsweek.com

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 21h

Yep another U.S. attorney who Trump HANDPICKED this time around who team trump quickly determined: nope sorry not authoritarian enough, next

Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 22h

Extraordinary NYT story:

Trump’s DOJ pressured out another US Attorney in WESTERN Virginia for finding that a grand jury probe his bosses demanded was unwarranted.

They wanted a case discrediting the Russia probe — evidence be damned. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Attorney Was Forced Out After Clashes Over How to Handle Russia Inquiry

www.nytimes.com

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 21h

lol can you *imagine* the kind of stuff in JD Vance group chats. (i mean, yes very easily)

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23h

Bailing out Bessent’s billionaire friends on Wall Street from their bad investments is much more important.

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 1d

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

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

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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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 1d

Clammy Sammy is out of ideas! The Era of Smiles begins soon!

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 1d

Sam Altman went from “AI will cure cancer" to "ChatGPT porn" in less than a month

ChatGPT boss predicts when AI could cure cancer

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

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...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

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Div B @statcenter.bsky.social · 1d

I don't think ppl realize how preposterously good a FT shooter Jordan Poole is. FT% through first six seasons - here's the kind of company Poole is keeping:

Nash 87.9%
Poole 87.9%
R Allen 87.6%
R Miller 87.2%

(Btw, Steph was at an even 90.0%)

JCsPops (with Cousin It vibes) @jdub9911.bsky.social · 1d

Let me:

A) boost this

B) Jordan Poole

Div B @statcenter.bsky.social · 1d

I agree, so let me do my little part to help this. Name any NBA player (present or past) and I'll post an interesting (to me at least) stat about them.

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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 1d

This could seriously be one of the 2 or 3 biggest Presidential scandals in US history

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 1d

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...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

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