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Brian PJ Cronin @brianpjcronin.bsky.social · 6h

I think a lot about that billy woods verse where he says that eventually there’s going to be two unrelated mass shootings in the same place at the same time.

Steve Herman @w7voa.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · 7h

Separate campus shootings here in Mississippi this evening: Authorities say one person is dead and two others wounded at Alcorn State University. Meanwhile, about 70 miles northeast of that incident, a child has been hit by gunfire in the tailgate section of Jackson State University stadium.

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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 9h

The Trump administration on Saturday scrambled to rescind layoffs of hundreds of CDC scientists who were mistakenly fired on Friday night in what appeared to be a substantial procedural lapse.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error

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Brian PJ Cronin @brianpjcronin.bsky.social · 12h

Yes it’s ironic that the CDC was gutted after Trump got his Covid and flu shots but keep in mind that he probably does not know that the CDC was gutted or what the CDC is

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Brian PJ Cronin @brianpjcronin.bsky.social · 13h

That didn’t take long.

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Don’t Tread On Me Portland Frog Shirt – Patriotic Liberty Frog Tee Show your bold personality and independent spirit with the Don’t Tread On Me Portland

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 17h

Mamdani talking lucidly and passionately about trans rights and history in a video that should frankly shame every politician who has hemmed and hawed and triangulated and said, "Well, but sports..." It's not that hard to tell the truth and stand for what's right. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEvV...

Until It's Done: Sylvia Rivera

YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC

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John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 20h

“I never really thought about him as being the one who did it,” she said. “But now I’ve really got something to think about, huh?” Trump’s war on solar hurts his own voters. Great @maxinejoselow.bsky.social reporting in the @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/c...

In Georgia, Trump’s Cuts to Solar Projects Hit Some of His Voters

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The Highlands Current @highlandscurrent.bsky.social · 1d

The City of Beacon and an anti-hunger organization headquartered in Fishkill are at odds after the city removed the nonprofit agency’s two community refrigerators.

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Community Fridges Spark Clash

Beacon orders removal from two locations

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Emily Johnston @enjohnston.bsky.social · 19h

The question for governors like @governorferguson.bsky.social is: when the AI boom deflates or goes utterly bust, what will that leave us with: new renewables and transmission we can use to modernize our economy, or fossil fuel extensions/expansions, soaring electricity prices, & zero jobs?

Aaron Bady @zunguzungu.bsky.social · 21h

“I had previously assumed a 10-year depreciation curve, which I now recognize as quite unrealistic...Based on my conversations over the past month, the physical data centers last for three to ten years, at most.” futurism.com/future-socie...

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Liz Neeley @lizneeley.bsky.social · 20h

The specifics of the RIFs I’ve seen in group chats have been staggering. Bracing & reminding myself these are specifically intended to cause fear & distress.

Please share URLs for any good trackers you seen as they emerge. (I want more than OMB’s version) fedscoop.com/trump-federa...

Table of how many federal employees have been laid off in the latest RIF (Reduction in Force). This is from an OMB legal filing from Oct 10. For each agency, it lists number of fired employees, RIF notice date, and whether the administrations has recalled any of those employees to do work. Total headcount is 4,100 across 8 agencies. Treasury (1446) and HHS (1200) are the most affected. EPA (30) had the fewest layoffs this time.

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Brian PJ Cronin @brianpjcronin.bsky.social · 20h

I have taught college for seven years and have never ever ever seen a single student with blue hair so I’m not sure what Richard Petty here is on about.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Kid Rock: Do you know what is stupid… these chicks running around on campuses with blue hair, five nose rings.

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Brian PJ Cronin @brianpjcronin.bsky.social · 1d

Legally, you can not say a baseball game has gone on “too long” until you have a backup outfielder pitching to an emergency catcher

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Brian PJ Cronin @brianpjcronin.bsky.social · 1d

“The Fourthteenth Amendment clearly states that….” yeah ok stop right there, I heard this one when I was at summer camp, they find out her beehive hairdo was filled with spiders

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Brian PJ Cronin @brianpjcronin.bsky.social · 1d

“25th Amendment” lmao slenderman ass law

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Brian PJ Cronin @brianpjcronin.bsky.social · 1d

Oh man, remember the Emoluments Clause? They really had us going there, I legit thought it was real for like DECADES

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Brian PJ Cronin @brianpjcronin.bsky.social · 1d

Weird how the Hatch Act never actually existed

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.

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Brian PJ Cronin @brianpjcronin.bsky.social · 1d

Ran into antifa outside a rest stop on the Thruway

It’s a trash can in the shape of a big ‘ol frog…..OR IS IT ANTIFA?!?!?!

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

The humanities grad school papers on this dynamic are gonna go on forever.

dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 2d

there are SO many more inflatable costumes tonight. clearly we have settled on a motif

Wide shot of many people in inflatable costumes

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Brian PJ Cronin @brianpjcronin.bsky.social · 1d

Right Said Fred Make Their Case to Replace Bad Bunny

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Brian PJ Cronin @brianpjcronin.bsky.social · 1d

Dude you have one song

Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome.bsky.social · 1d

🤣🤣🤣😢🤣 www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootb...

Lee Greenwood makes his case to replace Bad Bunny

The Outrage Machine has been on overdrive lately, as it relates to the NFL's decision to tap Bad Bunny for the Super Bowl LX halftime show.

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Brian PJ Cronin @brianpjcronin.bsky.social · 2d

Embrace the Potato Dinner

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Brian PJ Cronin @brianpjcronin.bsky.social · 2d

I am halfway through the second song, which is an hour and fourteen minutes long, and losing my goddamned mind (complimentary)

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Brian PJ Cronin @brianpjcronin.bsky.social · 2d

The new Necks album just dropped. It's only got four songs on it, yet is over three hours long.

It's the Sickos meme, but he's staring at the new (three hour long!) Necks album.

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Brian PJ Cronin @brianpjcronin.bsky.social · 2d

My prediction for tomorrow morning is that they award the Nobel Peace Prize posthumously to Pope Francis and the President responds by immediately bombing a country that 75% of Americans cannot find on a map.

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Brian PJ Cronin @brianpjcronin.bsky.social · 2d

During COVID when my wife was working on a farm we ended up with their old grain grinder and I regret to announce that if you grind wheat berries to make your own whole wheat flour for sourdough you can absolutely tell the difference and now we are *those people.*

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Brian PJ Cronin @brianpjcronin.bsky.social · 2d

Like if you used AI to replace Orion Kerkering with Óliver Pérez circa 2008 and said "Remember this Mets game?" I probably would have fell for it.

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