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Christopher @cekent.bsky.social · 16h

Yes, I have to assume this rebrand is because everyone always uses AppleTv to refer to the content service and not the device. I never hear anyone say, “oh, it’s on AppleTV PLUS!”

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Christopher @cekent.bsky.social · 17h

I was riding on The Mall today, and w/Smithsonian closed it was empty and these guys looked even more bored than they had previously.

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Christopher @cekent.bsky.social · 17h

So if it’s no longer plus, what have they removed?

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 17h

Apple TV+ has rebranded to Apple TV

It's their 'vibrant new identity'

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Christopher @cekent.bsky.social · 18h

Now that Netanyahu has the hostages back, what will be his pretext for starting the war and how soon will it happen? 10 days? Two weeks?

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 19h

- It is legal to organize and fund protest.
- That someone organizes and funds promotion of a protest does not mean most, some, or any protesters are paid.
- Even if all protesters are paid, that is also legal
- It is good to oppose kings and fascism
- That's not what what "begs the question" means

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Sean Duffy: "The No Kings protest, Maria, really frustrating. This is part of antifa, paid protesters. It begs the question who's funding it."

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Christopher @cekent.bsky.social · 21h

Yes. Dr. Rice and I have been skeptical for years.

Christopher @cekent.bsky.social · 21h

@badfutures.com But sure, why not flying cars?

Luke Steuber @lukesteuber.com · 1d

“I don’t know how to fly a helicopter, but I can tell something’s wrong if I see one in a tree”

A silver and orange helicopter has crashed into the side of a white, Spanish-style building lined with palm trees. The aircraft is tilted nose-down, wedged against the structure’s balcony area, with its tail and rotor blades bent around nearby trees. The scene is cordoned off by a chain-link fence, and the bright blue sky and sunlight give the setting an oddly calm contrast to the chaotic wreck.

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Christopher @cekent.bsky.social · 21h

Someone check the Real World: Boston tapes, but I am sure this is something he talked about with Cyrus and Montana.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Sean Duffy: "If we go to the south pole of the moon, we can set up a base. We want to put up fission power. We think we can have longterm stays on the south pole of the moon."

Christopher @cekent.bsky.social · 22h

I would love to know who is paying, and how I can invoice for my poster-making time and my attendance next week.

If the Secretary could let me know, that would be great.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Sean Duffy: "The No Kings protest, Maria, really frustrating. This is part of antifa, paid protesters. It begs the question who's funding it."

Christopher @cekent.bsky.social · 22h

Martin

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Fr Chase 🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁 @kalanthropos.bsky.social · 1d

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Christopher @cekent.bsky.social · 1d

American Burrito (1999).

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Jorge Camacho @jcamachor.bsky.social · 1d

I shared this piece with @jemgilbert.bsky.social after listening to an excellent recent episode of ACFM. There’s a great opportunity to better connect critical and political theory as well as cultural studies with futures studies and applied foresight.
novaramedia.com/2025/09/21/w...

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Christopher @cekent.bsky.social · 1d

Trump keeps talking about how he’s not getting into Heaven and knowing his psychology, I feel his worry is less about his behavior, and more about his health prognosis.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

It's hard to help Americans left behind because so much of US identity is rooted in individualism. The average American conservative holds all three positions at once:

— Virtue signals about supporting US manufacturing
— Against raising the minimum wage
— Buys foreign imports because they're cheap

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "I'm willing to pay more for quality products if they are made in America, by Americans, who are paid a decent income." The tweet shows Norman Rockwell's "Freedom of Speech" painting, which is often used to show the tweeter is expressing a brave opinion.

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "MINIMUM WAGE JOBS WERE NOT MEANT TO BE A CAREER. Why does no one understand this? Entry level jobs are STEPPING STONES to better jobs. No one wants to work towards that though."

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "Buy $5 gloves instead of $50 ones. Trust me." The tweet shows a box of "Gorilla Grip" gloves.

The label on Gorilla Grip gloves show they're made in China.

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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 1d

📌“The fact that I am American means, among other things, people can’t say, like they did about Francis, ‘he doesn’t understand the United States, he just doesn’t see what’s going on.’
“Do you not see the suffering? Is your conscience not disturbed?”

-Pope Leo in a direct rebuke of the hideous Trump

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Christopher @cekent.bsky.social · 1d

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Lynn Stahl @msbtterswrth.altgov.info · 2d

Hot off the presses! If you need a bigger size to print your stickers let me know!

The Portland frog as a founding father, surround by the words "give me ribberty or give me death"

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LLFella 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @lizafella.bsky.social · 1d

This is brilliant!

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Christopher @cekent.bsky.social · 1d

How many former NYC cops can Idaho handle? Is it ready for the influx?

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 2d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

Christopher @cekent.bsky.social · 1d

Did he continue to do so? Again, yes.

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 1d

I’m not sure there ever been an investigation more robustly proven valid than the first Trump impeachment. Did he use presidential power for his personal gain? Uh, yeah! I think he probably did!

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

Every time someone makes me read something Peter Thiel said it’s like “Scrooge McDuck is Jesus Christ and Huey, Dewey, and Louie are Gabriel, Raphael, and Uriel and Daisy is Mary Magdalene and that’s why women voting has lowered American sperm count.”

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Christopher @cekent.bsky.social · 1d

(The widow maker!)

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Christopher @cekent.bsky.social · 1d

Jonathan Hickman would say it stands for 10.

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Christopher @cekent.bsky.social · 1d

Props to Arnett/Cooper casting his wife as someone his own age/older than him. Progress?

(IMDB says Emily Blunt 13 yr younger than Arnett, was in the running.)

Christopher @cekent.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve not looked at NYCC news yet. I just saw this.

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