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Bryan Wood @brwtwit.bsky.social · 14h

This seems like a good time to point out that the Trump peace deal is basically the Biden peace deal that Trump asked Bibi not to agree to because Harris would get elected.

Also, there was an actual workable immigration reform deal he quashed.

Bryan Wood @brwtwit.bsky.social · 14h

I was not aware you were a fan of the Gilmore Girls. I caught a lot of flack for how much I talked it up back when I was 30ish.

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Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 22h

We all have movies and shows that everybody else seems to like but "just isn't for me," and as you say, that's perfectly fine. Time is precious. Move on and watch something you do like.

Adam @razorgills.bsky.social · 22h

Not trying to be a contrarian, but I tried watching Gilmore Girls a few years ago and just couldn't get into it. I'm more than willing to give it another shot, but I'm also willing to chalk it up to "show that just isn't for me". And that's perfectly fine!

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Bryan Wood @brwtwit.bsky.social · 15h

You would think that after the 4th or 5th speeding in a school zone ticket they would suspend his license. I imagine these may have been speeding camera tickets which don't have points attached because they can't be criminal without an accuser to appear in court.

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Bryan Wood @brwtwit.bsky.social · 15h

I remember hearing about a guy of insane wealth getting a six figure speeding ticket somewhere in Scandinavia once, where it is tied to your annual income.

If it isn't, then tickets are just permission for rich people to ignore the law.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 1d

The trailblazing transgender rights activist Miss Major has passed away at the age of 78.

Miss Major was a lifelong organizer and participant in the ballroom scene. She took part in the 1969 Stonewall Riots and was injured by the police — but she kept fighting.

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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 18h

A pilot out in Nova Scotia seems to have had some fun yesterday.

www.flightaware.com/live/flight/...

C-GZPT Flight Tracking and History - FlightAware

Flight status, tracking, and historical data for C-GZPT including scheduled, estimated, and actual departure and arrival times.

www.flightaware.com

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Bryan Wood @brwtwit.bsky.social · 16h

Trump demands hand made artisanal protest signs

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Trump on protesters: "You see these violent incidents and then you see people holding this gorgeous sign, with beautiful wood and beautiful cardboard wood everything. Everything's perfect. Perfect paint job. And they're all the same. You know that they weren't made in the basement out of love."

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

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Anna Zona @annazona.bsky.social · 1d

A modern version of Don Quixote painted on a garage door in Alcalá de Henares, the birthplace of Miguel de Cervantes. #ColorADay #bluetue #TagTuesday #streetart #graffiti #foto
#streetphotography #photo #art #anzaa #urbangaze #eastcoastkin

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-ˋˏ syd ˎˊ- @saab.bsky.social · 18h

hate to self-promo on here but i need about $2k in dental work in the next couple of weeks and there is no payment plan options lol. i have tons of car centric merch on OHOAT and also original photography prints that are museum quality and professionally framed for only $300!! www.onehellofatown.com

OHOAT!

Not your average automotive merch!

www.onehellofatown.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Jason M. @drwhonovels.bsky.social · 22h

The best part of Harlan Ellison's Doctor Who essay is that Pinnacle Books censored one line and one line only of Harlan's submitted draft dated Nov. 1, 1978. A dig at Anita Bryant at the height of her pernicious political influence in the States.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 18h

That's twenty-seven flat-out murders. That's twenty-seven lives taken without even a semblance of a legal justification under domestic or international law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part

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Bryan Wood @brwtwit.bsky.social · 19h

Maybe I'm not getting enough lead?

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 21h

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

Bryan Wood @brwtwit.bsky.social · 19h

I was radicalized by ANTIFA at a young age - www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvOZ...

SchoolHouse Rock - No More Kings

YouTube video by tennesseejed93

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Bryan Wood @brwtwit.bsky.social · 20h

In the NYT newsletter this morning they pointed out that his views and religion may not play well in swing states...
Before mentioning that as a naturalized citizen he can never run for president anyway.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

we’ll see how his mayoral tenure shakes out but i am convinced that Mamdani has the juice. not just the charisma to win an election but the temperament to govern and the measured pragmatism of someone who genuinely believes what they’re saying and wants to accomplish real things.

Inside the Improbable, Audacious and (So Far) Unstoppable Rise of Zohran Mamdani

www.nytimes.com

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

gene kelly is antifa

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Bryan Wood @brwtwit.bsky.social · 1d

I flew out of JFK last night on Delta. 60-90 minute delay on the taxi, but otherwise no big deal. Got to L.A. before I had to pay anything extra for parking (at 1am).

Bryan Wood @brwtwit.bsky.social · 1d

Could we have these two fight it out, Thunderdome style, in the newly installed Whitehouse Octagon?

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2d

Gov. JB Pritzker on ABC: "He certainly has the power of the presidency. He does not have the power to overcome the Constitution. And so am I afraid? I am not afraid. Do I think that he could do it? He might. But as I've said before, come and get me I mean. You're dead wrong, Mr. President."

Bryan Wood @brwtwit.bsky.social · 1d

This is the same sort of thinking that asks "why can't cars be more like silicone valley?" - because we need them to be serviceable for the next 25 years by someone, so service, parts, and documentation need to exist. Microsoft won't even support 5 year old Windows products.

Breaking Defense @breakingdefense.com · 2d

Driscoll vows Silicon Valley model is the future for the Army
https://breakingdefense.com/2025/10/driscoll-vows-silicon-valley-model-is-the-future-for-the-army/

Driscoll vows Silicon Valley model is the future for the Army

At AUSA 2025, Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll took aim at traditional primes, saying the future Army will “break down barriers until we measure acquisitions not in years and billions, but months and thousands."

breakingdefense.com

Bryan Wood @brwtwit.bsky.social · 1d

Even crazier is that every 10 or 20 years, he will put on the costume and does something that keeps the sequel rights in his possession. He did it as recently as 2023 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tr...

Dick Tracy (1990 film) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

watching the warren beatty DICK TRACEY movie and it is insane? legitimately wild to me that it was a hit?

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Baseball Highlights 野球のハイライト @baseballhighlights.bsky.social · 2d

This man really left the house today wearing a butt plug t shirt.

Looks like they gave him a hoodie.

Baseball Highlights 野球のハイライト @baseballhighlights.bsky.social · 2d

….is that

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