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Sean Dague @dague.net · 4h

My Utility, Central Hudson, working hard to blame others for their rates: 42% delivery, 22% taxes, 36% supply.

When the reality is my bill split it actually: 75% delivery, 2% taxes, 23% supply.

Central Hudson: Where your dollar goes claiming that only 42% goes to Delivery.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21h

incredible to see one of my posts on fox news

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 22h

Fox News host Emily Compagno claims that the backlash to Bari Weiss being named CBS News editor-in-chief is due to her being Jewish:

"This kind of thing would make me laugh if there was not an antisemitic thread in there."

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 22h

Not that anybody comes to me for Maine politics, but the fact that the Democrats successfully convinced a 77yo Governor to primary the 41yo progressive, is today's example of why the Democrats fucking stay failing.

Susan Collins is 72 and if Schumer gets his way, she'll be the YOUNGER choice!

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Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 1d

Janet Mills has done a wonderful job as Governor. I'm from Maine and she embodies the best kind of Mainer- tough, kind, generous, and neighborly. As much as I like her, she is 77, and needs to enjoy retirement. We need fresh ideas and fresh faces in the Senate, not near Octogenarians.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

one of my takeaways from this great piece is that weiss just doesn’t…sound like an intelligent person? or at least, not someone who has thought even a little bit about how and why they think the things that they do. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gieT...

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

www.youtube.com

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Environmental Voter Project @environmentalvoter.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 TODAY is the first day of early voting in Georgia!

Join us to flood the polls with climate voters!

www.environmentalvoter.org/get-involved...

Phone bank into Georgia

Join the Environmental Voter Project to turn out low propensity environmental voters in Georgia ahead of their November 4th general election!

www.environmentalvoter.org

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Pam Martella Shaouy @pammartella.bsky.social · 1d

200 @environmentalvoter.bsky.social postcards from me and @shaouy.bsky.social for the #Georgia Public Service Commission race.

Early in-person voting
Tues, Oct 14 - Fri, Oct 31

Absentee ballot request deadline
Fri, Oct 24

Absentee ballot return deadline
7pm Tues, Nov 4

Election Day
Tues, Nov 4

Multi-media image of 200 "thank you for voting in 2024" Georgia postcards, a piggy bank and a lightbulb.

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Perry Grossman @realperrygrossman.bsky.social · 1d

Georgians, thanks for being good voters. Please vote in the 11/4 Public Service Commission election! @environmentalvoter.bsky.social

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 1d

Multiple airports are now announcing they will refuse to play Kristi Noem’s government-funded video blaming “Democrats” for the government shutdown.

“We believe the Hatch Act clearly prohibits use of public assets for political purposes and messaging,” one airport said.

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Sean Dague @dague.net · 1d

Just purchased our tickets. See you in December!

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WIRED @wired.com · 1d

With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypted. www.wired.com/story/satell...

Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data

With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypted.

www.wired.com

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Michael Bazemore @deepwatermike.bsky.social · 1d

More of this! The answer to every such demand ought to be, "Make me, motherfucker."

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

Across the country, airports are refusing to air a video from the Homeland Security chief blaming Democrats for the shutdown. trib.al/tw3Hd3X

Airports Are Pushing Back Against Kristi Noem’s Shutdown Propaganda

Across the country, airports are refusing to air a video from the Homeland Security chief blaming Democrats for the shutdown.

trib.al

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 1d

Nobel Prize given for showing the importance of investing in science for innovation and long-term economic growth. Basically the opposite of what the US is doing. 😭

Nature @nature.com · 1d

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Pewter Howitt share economics prize for work that underlines the importance of investing in research and development.

go.nature.com/4hj9NNV

Economics Nobel prize won by researchers who showed how science boosts growth

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Pewter Howitt share economics prize for work that underlines the importance of investing in research and development.

go.nature.com

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1d

If you're wondering whether or not to get a flu shot, I didn't get one in time, and I just had a fever dream where I was in the Drew Carey Show because several days ago I was on the Wikipedia page for the Drew Carey Show. You don't have to do this to yourself.

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daryl "shut down, ass up'" b 🏳️‍⚧️ @hypercubexl.bsky.social · 1d

zohran obviously just blazing trans support this week has been the most heartening but I appreciate john oliver taking time out to talk about bari weiss's bullshit trans clinic article in detail and just how disingenuous she is about everything

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Sean Dague @dague.net · 1d

This is really worth watching.

Paramount/CBS made such a huge mistake there.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gieT...

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 1d

My semi-regular Columbus Day message:

Columbus wasn’t called crazy because he thought the world was round. That had been known for 1000 years.

He was called crazy because he thought it was so small he could reach India by going west. And they were right! He was a delusional fool!

But lucky.

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Sean Dague @dague.net · 1d

I love the fact that they had to throw out being realistic about parking because it would take over the whole map.

All those roads, and magic tardis parking for the cars to fit.

www.reddit.com/r/fuckcars/c...

From the fuckcars community on Reddit: SimCity's creators couldn't accurately reflect the scale of urban parking lots because if they did the game fell apart.

Explore this post and more from the fuckcars community

www.reddit.com

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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 2d

You don't have to judge Columbus by the standards of today. His tenure as governor of Hispaniola was so horrific that he was dragged back to Spain in chains to answer for his many crimes.

Plus he never set foot on any land that would ever be a part of the United States of America.

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Sean Dague @dague.net · 2d

500 @environmentalvoter.bsky.social postcards for the Georgia Public Service Commission race, ready to go in the mail tomorrow.

Many thanks to many helpers in getting the job done!

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Andrew Blum @ablum.bsky.social · 2d

We had Angela Davis speak at my university a couple of years back. One of the many insightful things she said - protest in the way that aligns with your passion. If that’s poetry do poetry or music etc. Because then you will be able to sustain it. If naked bike rides are your passion, 100% do that.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

Someone in my mentions is upset because these people haven’t suffered the worst at ICE’s hands and therefore they shouldn’t be praised for being out on the streets?

Yeah, no. To push back on these people we need everyone — especially those with relative privilege — to get up and get involved.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

Portland, you magnificent weirdos

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Spryte M. ♿🏳️‍🌈♀️🎮✍🏻🪆🧩🦅 @sprytemagnus.bsky.social · 3d

@theradr.bsky.social I believe this is your gem of wisdom

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3d

a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 3d

What he’s railing against is a profound shift in culture, status… He’s obsessed with the idea that America is controlled by a leftist “ruling elite” - but “elite” isn’t defined socio-economically or by political power, it means something like: Getting to define “real America” and who gets to belong.

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Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 2d

Well golly it sounds like you should let long-standing precedents stand until you rule on the merits, then. That is not what you’re doing!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

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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Ian Coldwater 👻🌿 @lookitup.baby · 2d

Boss, we’ve got a problem. Users don’t want this stuff! They keep wanting to turn it off, even when we keep turning it back on!

Boss: I have an idea

Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 3d

bitch what

Onedrive settings. A toggle for using AI to detect and identify faces is set to on. The caption says, you can only turn off this setting 3 times per year.

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