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blaw @blaw.bsky.social · 9h

fat bear week never ended for me tbh

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TW @twesq.bsky.social · 10h

y’all really don’t have to be this odd.

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Athul K. Acharya @athul.acharya.cc · 10h

In none of those cases have you finally resolved the issue, eh? The district judges would like a word.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 11h

ahahaaaha hit him with the GTFO

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 11h

The omniforce is accountable only to Trump: they ignore state and local guidance, or court decisions. Forget about knowing the identity of the official. Now you may not know which agency he works for, or even if he is an agent of the state.

two men wearing American flag facemasks and tactical gear.
Look at the picture above. One of these is a member of a private militia that supports the President and was involved in an violent effort to overturn the election, the other is an agent of the state. Can you tell the difference?

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blaw @blaw.bsky.social · 11h

good morning still ain't against the rules to lie to the refs

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TW @twesq.bsky.social · 11h

Oh my god. There’s so much here I can’t screenshot it all. Read the posts and watch the videos. Simply incredible. www.change.org/p/investigat...

Sign the Petition

Investigate Ken Williamson

www.change.org

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local blogger @fergoe.blacksky.app · 11h

This dude is the shadow vice president of the united states right now. This dude.

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 15h

thiel, man, what the fuck are you talking about

He describes the plot of Watchmen, a 1986 graphic novel involving superheroes grappling with moral questions about humanity against the backdrop of impending nuclear war:

The antihero Ozymandias, the antichrist-type figure, is sort of an early-modern person. He believes this will be a timeless and eternal solution – eternal world peace. Moore is sort of a late-modern. In early modernity, you have ideal solutions, ‘perfect’ solutions to calculus. In late modernity, things are sort of probabilistic. And at some point, he asks Dr Manhattan whether the world government is going to last. And he says that ‘nothing lasts forever.’ So you embrace the antichrist and it still doesn’t work.

Thiel later finds biblical meaning in the manga One Piece, discussing how he believes it represents a future where an antichrist-like one-world government has repressed science. He believes that the hero, Monkey D Luffy, represents a Christlike figure.

In One Piece, you are set in a fantasy world, again sort of an alternate earth, but it’s 800 years into the reign of this one-world state. Which, as the story unfolds, gradually gets darker and darker. You sort of realize, in my interpretation, who runs the world and it’s something like the antichrist. There’s Luffy, a pirate who wears a red straw hat, sort of like Christ’s crown of thorns. And then towards the end of the story, transforms into a figure who resembles Christ in Revelation.

Thiel, along with a researcher and writer at Thiel Capital, explored these ideas at greater length in an essay for the religious journal First Things earlier this month.

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Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 12h

BREAKING: Look at this.

A new crypto wallet was created Friday.

It literally started shorting the market, with Bitcoin & Etherum shorts, JUST BEFORE Trump posted about tariffs.

It last short was placed at 4:49 PM EST.

Trump posted at 4:50PM EST.

It made nearly $200 million in profits.

Unusual.

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 15h

“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.

I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.

Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.

newsletter.ofthebrave.org

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blaw @blaw.bsky.social · 12h

That's not a serious person.

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TW @twesq.bsky.social · 12h

“Til then, the toilet paper stays in the bathroom cabinet.”

Directly into my veins.

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TW @twesq.bsky.social · 12h

oh yeah that’s the good stuff

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Muggsy Pogues @circusmaximus.bsky.social · 1d

🎶🎶

If you didn’t want a timeout
CLAP YOUR HANDS
If you didn’t want a timeout
CLAP YOUR HANDS

If you didn’t want a timeout
And you want Hugh Freeze to stroke out
If you didn’t want a timeout
CLAP YOUR HANDS

🎶🎶

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Lost Under the Couch Barbie. @wstafrican.bsky.social · 13h

You were able to talk to her at the bar but suddenly needed ChatGPT? He was probably weird at the bar and she shared her socials to get him off her back like we often do with the intent to never respond lmao

C. Buckthorn @cbuckthorn.bsky.social · 19h

This is amazing. I laughed out loud www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

As 32-year-old Rich points out, though, "it's not like using ChatGPT guarantees success".
When he met someone in a bar one Friday night and swapped social media handles, he asked AI what his next move should be.
ChatGPT discerned that sending an initial message on Monday midmorning would set the right pace. "Then it gave me some options for what the message could be," says Rich.
"Keep it light, warm, and low-stakes so it reads as genuine interest without urgency," the bot advised. "Something like: Hey Sarah, still laughing about [tiny shared moment/reference if you've got one] - good to meet you!" Rich went back and forth with ChatGPT until he felt they'd hit upon exactly the right message ("Hey Sarah, it was lovely to meet you") but sadly she never replied, he says. "It's been two weeks now."

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 1d

Re-upping:

Excellent assessment of John "Roger Taney" Roberts.

In @harvardmagazine.bsky.social , by Lincoln Caplan.

As careful, legally informed, judicious-minded writer as you're going to find. With an unsparing judgment.

www.harvardmagazine.com/legal/suprem...

What Trump Means for John Roberts's Legacy | Harvard Magazine

Executive power is on the docket at the Supreme Court.

www.harvardmagazine.com

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blaw @blaw.bsky.social · 13h

so let's get rid of more than 500,000 cars

cbstexas.bsky.social @cbstexas.bsky.social · 16h

Inhalers produce as much carbon emissions as over 500,000 cars each year, study finds

https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/inhalers-produce-carbon-emissions-study/

Inhalers produce as much carbon emissions as over 500,000 cars each year, study finds

"These emissions drive global warming, exacerbating the very respiratory conditions inhalers are meant to relieve," researchers wrote.

www.cbsnews.com

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 14h

The deportation order is based on Vedam’s conviction for murder—a crime he did not actually commit and for which he’s now been wholly exonerated. He entered the US at 9 months old and was a legal permanent resident before his conviction. We are so, so, so far from the light of justice.

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 1d

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 15h

“Who was president in 2020?” remains one of the most pertinent questions in American politics—absurd, yes, but here we are—and that extends to “who was president January 1 - 19, 2021?”

Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 16h

That’s a nice trick, since Biden wasn’t the president on Jan 6.

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The Crustian Daily @crustiandaily.news · 22h

Public shaming, boycotting and exclusion from public events were the tools Chicago used to repel the KKK from their wonderful city.

These are the tools that we are using against Trump's ICE gang, and you should do too.