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Post Mo Thóooooooin (Dave) @davebrowne.bsky.social · 10h

Gotta prepare future journalists for their jobs at billionaire owned news orgs somehow. Not letting them publish news seems like a great way to do that.

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 13h

Indiana University has fired the staff director of the student newspaper, after disputes in which university leadership tried to pressure him to prevent students from publishing news.

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The director of student media at Indiana University was fired amidst a dispute between university leadership and editors at the Indiana Daily Student over what content gets printed in the student newspaper.

As director of student media, Jim Rodenbush did not directly oversee or have any say over the content published in the IDS, per a charter between the IDS and the university. But he told IndyStar his firing follows a series of meetings with IU Media School leadership in which it grew increasingly apparent they were expecting him to officially prohibit students from publishing news.

Post Mo Thóooooooin (Dave) @davebrowne.bsky.social · 10h

Not so much pissed as disappointed, but in 5th grade or so we had a history test and the last question was who invaded Ireland in the 12th century and I said The Vikings because, since The Normans started as them, I could be extra clever by writing that.
The teacher did not appreciate my genius.

Post Mo Thóooooooin (Dave) @davebrowne.bsky.social · 10h

I remember a prof asking us why it's called Oedipus Rex when we're reading its translation. I sheepishly offered "because that's its name" and they snapped back "exactly!"

So, you see kids, there are no dumb answers.

Sacrifice! At the Harvest Festival @theharvestmaid.bsky.social · 10h

Everyone snickers about Oedipus banging his mom, but the story is genuinely TRAGIC. A perfectly plotted narrative. Everyone should read Sophocles's play.

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Vic Mo 🦋🩷💜💙🌱 @itsvicmo.bsky.social · 11h

Joe Maligno has a @nycourts.gov email address because he worked as an Associate Court Attorney for Judge Mary Kavanagh on Staten Island. @fordhamlawnyc.bsky.social Class of 2018.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 10h

Yeah, that is a tear gas canister being fired toward the retreating couple holding the baby

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Post Mo Thóooooooin (Dave) @davebrowne.bsky.social · 11h

Teams should just refuse to play in the US.

Post Mo Thóooooooin (Dave) @davebrowne.bsky.social · 11h

Well, of course man who has an app to tell his son if he watches porn will see a crowd of naked cyclists as threatening.

Post Mo Thóooooooin (Dave) @davebrowne.bsky.social · 11h

Can't wait for GenZ to tie strings to their Labubus and start swinging them to see whose breaks first.

Jill Twiss @jilltwiss.bsky.social · 13h

Hi what

Headline: “nature’s labubu: why are gen z unboxing conkers?”

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Post Mo Thóooooooin (Dave) @davebrowne.bsky.social · 12h

Every apology quoted in the article was clearly written by ChatGPT.

Post Mo Thóooooooin (Dave) @davebrowne.bsky.social · 14h

Like, at some point you have to believe they're deliberately being fed nonsense by their pollsters and advisors because how can you be this out of touch?

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Post Mo Thóooooooin (Dave) @davebrowne.bsky.social · 14h

This is unambiguously white supremacist. No wiggle room. No "well, maybe they just meant..."
No.
MAWA (Make America White Again) is official US policy now.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 15h

X post today from Homeland Security @DHSgov that says "Remigrate."
3:06 PM · Oct 14, 2025

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Post Mo Thóooooooin (Dave) @davebrowne.bsky.social · 14h

Maybe they were a really big one though.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 16h

Remember when Stephen Miller claimed the Chicago apartment raid was on a building “filled with Tren de Aragua terrorists”?

Well, DHS has now dropped the number of alleged TdA members arrested in the building from 2 to 1.

Just one "verified" Tren de Aragua member and one U.S. citizen with an active warrant were among the 37, DHS said, without saying how it had verified that gang affiliation. Others taken that day, the agency said, were "illegal aliens."

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Post Mo Thóooooooin (Dave) @davebrowne.bsky.social · 14h

Sadly, not even Dam Rather town is Dan Rather town now.

Post Mo Thóooooooin (Dave) @davebrowne.bsky.social · 15h

Cool. NYC is finally getting superheroes.

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Post Mo Thóooooooin (Dave) @davebrowne.bsky.social · 16h

In today's news you already suspected.
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Zoe TunnHELL @zoewithasword.bsky.social · 17h

Would it surprise you that the owner of Scientific American's parent company, Stefan von Holtzbrinck, invested $37 million in Inkitt, an AI firm?

What a SHOCK

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 2d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

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Post Mo Thóooooooin (Dave) @davebrowne.bsky.social · 16h

Ironically, also the one most likely to win an argument by saying "I sleep in a big bed with my wife."

Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 1d

The most likely X-Man to sing Can I Borrow A Feeling is Cyclops.

Post Mo Thóooooooin (Dave) @davebrowne.bsky.social · 16h

All of the apologies quoted in this piece were 100% written by ChatGPT.

Post Mo Thóooooooin (Dave) @davebrowne.bsky.social · 17h

“If your pilot is a she and she looks ten shades darker than someone from Sicily, just end it there. Scream the no no word,” Giunta wrote.

If Charlie Kirk were alive today he could sue for plagiarism here.

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

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

Post Mo Thóooooooin (Dave) @davebrowne.bsky.social · 18h

Great little read for a Monkees fan, but this pic here looks like Steve Coogan doing Davy Jones.

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Post Mo Thóooooooin (Dave) @davebrowne.bsky.social · 18h

BREAKING: Shabana Mahmood announces that immigrants will have to name at least 5 of the residents of Wheelie World, not counting Chorlton, before being allowed entry to the UK.

Jonny Morris @jonnymorris.bsky.social · 18h

BREAKING: Shabana Mahmood announces that immigrants will have to correctly recite the lyrics to the opening AND closing Only Fools And Horses theme tunes before being allowed entry to the UK.

Tom Burgess @nottomburgess.bsky.social · 18h

BREAKING: Shabana Mahmood announces that immigrants will have to know all the Doctor Whos in order before being allowed entry to the UK

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Post Mo Thóooooooin (Dave) @davebrowne.bsky.social · 1d

OpSec is just vibes

Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 1d

Some military leaders are turning to AI chatbots for help with decision-making, seeing this tech as a way to get the advantage.

Even top generals are looking to AI chatbots for answers

Some military leaders are turning to AI chatbots for help with decision-making, seeing this tech as a way to get the advantage.

www.businessinsider.com

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

"During the encounter, Greeley said they told her she 'doesn’t look like' a Greeley."

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Chicago Tribune: Greeley, who was born at Illinois Masonic hospital and is adopted, carries a copy of her passport just in case she runs into federal agents.

“I am Latina and I am a service worker,” Greeley said. “I fit the description of what they’re looking for now.”

During the encounter, Greeley said they told her she “doesn’t look like” a Greeley.

“They said this isn’t real, they kept telling me I’m lying, I’m a liar,” Greeley recalled. “I told them to look in the rest of my wallet, I have my credit cards, my insurance.”

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Post Mo Thóooooooin (Dave) @davebrowne.bsky.social · 1d

My God! Imagine having to face the week sober in Wexford.

The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 1d

Cocaine worth €10.5m seized in Co Wexford truck

Search uncovers 150kg of narcotic concealed in ‘elaborate’ lead-lined fuel tank compartment

www.irishtimes.com

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 4d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Post Mo Thóooooooin (Dave) @davebrowne.bsky.social · 1d

He's served the Crown as general, ambassador, and diplomat.