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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 1h

The media’s overriding concern is not being accused of bias by the right, which means all coverage is framed around granting the right the maximum benefit of the doubt, however implausible. Such that sewage becomes “a brown liquid” until other possibilities are ruled out. Maybe it’s cake batter!

Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 1h

I get that there are times when disputes over news coverage are a matter of emphasis or perspective on big, sprawling events, but it feels bad for public trust in a publication when it fails to accurately describe a video that’s 20 seconds long, and that everyone can see.

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tinybaby @tiny.baby · 2h

stop fucking replying to this about headphone jacks. i don't give a shit about if you have to figure out bluetooth. YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE WATCHING A VIDEO AT ALL TIMES. JUST FUCKIN PUT IT DOWN. READ A FUCKIN BOOK OR SOMETHING

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mediocre slugger "Big" Bill McCloskey @cldek.bsky.social · 2h

Ooh, I share this one.

tinybaby @tiny.baby · 2h

people playing music/videos on their phone speakers in public is more than just mildly annoying and is instead a leading indicator of the decline of community and empath

Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 3d

Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?

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mediocre slugger "Big" Bill McCloskey @cldek.bsky.social · 2h

Yes.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 6h

he posted an AI video of himself flying a King Trump plane and dumping shit on the protests

that’s the bare bones factual description of what happened, no editorializing involved

publishing that is the absolute bare minimum if you want to call yourself the news

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Micah @rincewind.run · 6h

the media has made a huge deal about Neutrality and Not Editorializing and it all falls apart when you realize they are too afraid to publish a factual description of the video Trump posted

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mediocre slugger "Big" Bill McCloskey @cldek.bsky.social · 2h

"brown liquid" sounds much queasier than "shit" imho

mediocre slugger "Big" Bill McCloskey @cldek.bsky.social · 3h

Ugh.

mediocre slugger "Big" Bill McCloskey @cldek.bsky.social · 7h

Sequim! 👏

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mediocre slugger "Big" Bill McCloskey @cldek.bsky.social · 7h

Just since so far we don't seem to be doing a very good job stopping it ourselves, so I was wondering.

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mediocre slugger "Big" Bill McCloskey @cldek.bsky.social · 7h

I don't know how this is supposed to work, but is, like, the UN or anybody going to stop us from murdering Colombian and Venezuelan fisherman?

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 7h

if the president does something so awful it would be indecent to describe and ask about then you very obviously need to describe and ask about it, thats the entire job

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 7h

as far as just messaging goes that video is probably the most embarrassing thing any president has done on the world stage in my life

and the fact that the sunday shows wont even describe it? total abdication of their responsibility

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mediocre slugger "Big" Bill McCloskey @cldek.bsky.social · 7h

In all seriousness my uninformed gut feeling is that DJT himself did not conceive of or necessarily understand the King Donald Drops Shit On Protestors video and probably didn't post it himself. Another check in the "he's completely out of it" column imho.

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mediocre slugger "Big" Bill McCloskey @cldek.bsky.social · 7h

Lots of peoole saying this. I think there's somethimg to it, like probably Trump has obviously diminished capacity and the people around him are taking advantage of him.

Super Bowl Champion Basketball Fan, NEVER of the Sixers @drewhamm5.bsky.social · 20h

I’m hearing trump has obviously diminished capacity and the people around him are taking advantage of him. Is there any truth to this?

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jeff com-BOO-ters @helldude.bsky.social · 20h

i would hope you hear more and more elected officials pointing out that "trump has obviously diminished capacity and the people around him are taking advantage of him" because trump has obviously diminished capacity and the people around him are taking advantage of him

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Kyle David Jelle @kylejelle.bsky.social · 20h

Nice day for a walk in the park.

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Kath Barbadoro @kathbarbadoro.bsky.social · 19h

Diarrhea plane is a new low I think

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 19h

Hahaha yeah

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 19h

Seems like the president and entire cabinet responding to today's rallies by posting straight up 4chan filth would be a major story tomorrow. Anyone care to place any bets

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mediocre slugger "Big" Bill McCloskey @cldek.bsky.social · 19h

I wonder if Alex Jones will theorize that Trump was hacked and the AI shit video is a sophisticated cyberattack from the deep state

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jeff com-BOO-ters @helldude.bsky.social · 19h

trump has obviously diminished capacity and the people around him are taking advantage of him

Eyes on the Fright 🎃 @eyesontheright.bsky.social · 20h

But seriously the president posted an AI video of himself violently shitting from an airplane, that's gotta be 25th Amendment territory right?

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Djinn & Tonic 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇬🇱 @djinnandtonic.bsky.social · 23h

WE ARE COMING, FATHER ABRAHAM, THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND MORE,
FROM MISSISSIPPI'S WINDING STREAM AND FROM NEW ENGLAND'S SHORE.

WE DARE NOT LOOK BEHIND US BUT STEADFASTLY BEFORE.
WE ARE COMING, FATHER ABRAHAM, THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND MORE!

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mediocre slugger "Big" Bill McCloskey @cldek.bsky.social · 22h

I was a proud big sister

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mediocre slugger "Big" Bill McCloskey @cldek.bsky.social · 23h

My sister: “Believe it or not, this is my most spiritual protest sign.”

Me: “Elaborate on that.”

My sister: “No.”

Photo taken at a No Kings protest on a dreary October afternoon. The photo focuses on a sign that is itself a photograph of David Lynch with the text:

FIX YOUR HEARTS
OR DIE

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