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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 12d

We’re guaranteed only one more game. Let’s make it count, Mariners.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 21d

theonion.com/ice-raids-my...

MYTH: ICE agents lack proper training.

FACT: Most have been racists their entire lives.

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Alex Drummond @desvoeuxroad.bsky.social · 21d

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 21d

What an emblem of the billionaire class—descending on a peaceful city in a private jet on the horn to NYT asking for the place to be invaded by federal authorities because the rent-a-cops you employ for a week to harass a few junkies outside the convention center cost too much.

Mr. Benioff spoke as his annual Dreamforce conference is set to begin Tuesday in downtown San Francisco, bringing 50,000 visitors to the city. He is scheduled to deliver a keynote address about the benefits of "agentic enterprise," a business model in which humans and artificial intelligence bots work together.
Speaking by telephone from his private plane en route to San Francisco, he lamented that he has to pay for nundreds of off-duty law enforcement officers to help patrol the convention area and said that San Francisco needed to "re-fund" the police.
The city never actually "defunded" its police force, and San Francisco's violent crime rates are below those in many other U.S. cities.
But San Francisco has struggled to recruit and keep officers, and it still has problems with lower-level crimes and open-air drug use, especially in neighborhoods like the Tenderloin near City Hall. It has about 1,500 police officers, and Mr. Benioff says it ne → another thousand.

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Andy Kelly @ultrabrilliant.xyz · 29d

The Japanese Mario 64 official strategy guide is an incredible thing. "Can we make little hand-made dioramas of all the levels?" "Sure, why the hell not."

A model of the first level from Mario 64.

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · Sep 24

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

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MSNBC @msnbc.com · Sep 20

EXCLUSIVE: Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.

Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.

The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025.

www.msnbc.com

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Alex Drummond @desvoeuxroad.bsky.social · Sep 20

I think because in many smaller cities & towns across America, Starbucks is the proverbial blueberry in the tomato soup. It’s both a monster company focused on the bottom line and a workplace where you can be openly different while using their health insurance and free college.

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Dave Lee @davelee.me · Sep 19

Dutch late night TV has its take

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · Sep 19

I hope some newspapers use a crop where you can easily read the sign.

A protester outside an ICE detention facility marches through clouds of irritant gas carrying American flags. A sign lying on the pavement by his feet reads “EVERY ICE AGENT WILL BE HELD TO ACCOUNT.”

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Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · Sep 15

“we have friends everywhere”

Dan Gilroy winning the Emmy for best writing in a drama series for Andor

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · Sep 14

idk if you've seen this south korean editorial that ran a few days ago. google translate version scorched my eyebrows www.hani.co.kr/arti/opinion...

Maga is fundamentally a populist white racism.
The slogan "Make America Great Again" is more accurately described as "Make White
America Greater." The fact that the tariff policy insisted on a 50% tariff only on steel and aluminum stems from the concentration of these groups in the Rust Belt.

The massive crackdown on illegal immigrants at the Hyundai-LG Energy Solutions joint venture plant in Georgia must be understood in this context. The scenes of our workers being chained and escorted away were reminiscent of the dragging of African slaves in the 18th and 19th centuries. The
Department of Homeland Security boasted of
"the largest single-site raid in history," and Immigration and Customs Enforcement even brazenly released footage of the raid, which was highly violating human rights, as if to boast of their "achievement."

Far-right whites may have secretly rejoiced.
Even politicians like the Georgia governor and local lawmakers, who had been active in attracting factories, have shifted their stance and sympathized with their grievances. This is likely because it's difficult to ignore the anti-immigrant sentiment of native Americans. Like the McCarthyism that swept through American society in the 1950s, irrational madness dominates American society. The recent visa issue, which could have been resolved diplomatically with advance notice from an ally, is difficult to explain beyond political maneuvering. The fact that they mobilized helicopters and armored vehicles for show, as if they had been caught, is difficult to explain.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Sep 10

NEW: Three charter school districts’ superintendents are among the highest paid in Texas.

The same three districts have also had failing or near-failing performance ratings in recent years.

By @emsimani.bsky.social and Lexi Churchill

These Charter Superintendents Are Some of the Highest Paid in Texas. Their Districts Are Among the Lowest Performing.

Three charter school districts in Texas underreported the compensation paid to their top leaders. The same three districts have also had failing or near-failing performance ratings in recent years.

www.propublica.org

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Sep 8

"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"

A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.

Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.

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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · Sep 8

Jeffrey Epstein’s estate has given Congress a copy of the 2003 birthday book, including the letter with Trump’s signature that he has said doesn’t exist.

Read more: 🔗 on.wsj.com/4nGGdnJ

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · Sep 4

We took the paywall down on this one. defector.com/how-the-fuck...

How Are You Supposed To Get The COVID Vaccine Now? An Explainer | Defector

As the muggy malaise of summer winds down, you might find yourself interested in taking advantage of one of several safe and proven vaccines to help protect you from the inevitable brumal surge of res...

defector.com

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tunes to make you run away @whippoorwont.bsky.social · Sep 1

it should be at least 400 times harder to get a driver's license

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Dutch Panderin @dutchpanderin.bsky.social · Sep 1

Michelle Obama: kids should have healthier school lunches

RFK Jr: maybe if we let the plague run wild we can build a master race

Media: wow these are the same thing

NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · Sep 1

Someone please kill me right now.

RFK Jr. Is Repeating Michelle Obama’s Mistakes
MAHA is “Let’s Move!” 2.0.

By Tom Bartlett

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · Aug 26

theonion.com/former-japan...

The Onion's American Voices:
Former Japanese Internment Camp Used As Immigrant Detention Center

“That’s a lot to squeeze onto one plaque.”

Tina Engle, Paranormal Eyewitness

“It’s great how America is able to turn the atrocities of our past into the atrocities of our present.”

Harrison Weiss, Gerbil Psychologist

“A few more coincidences like this, and I might start to worry.”

Moses Brazdorf, Sandwich Craftsman

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The Onion @theonion.com · Aug 13

AOL To Discontinue Dial-Up Internet
theonion.com/aol-to-...

“Hopefully it’s part of a broader plan to wind down the internet entirely.”

Michael Shim, Systems Analyst

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · Aug 13

New York is the greatest city in the world because

1) it is extremely walkable with an extensive transit network (no other U.S. city comes close)

2) it is extremely diverse in a way that no European or Asian city can touch (& has incredible food)

3) incredible blend of architectural styles

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · Aug 13

If you know me at all - here, elsewhere, or irl - you know how important I believe it is to understand history. That it’s being perverted in this way and for this reason is obscene.

Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · Aug 13

Think about this for a second. It’s grotesque and dangerous.

White House Announces Comprehensive Review of Smithsonian Exhibitions www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/a...

White House Announces Comprehensive Review of Smithsonian Exhibitions

www.nytimes.com

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Alex Drummond @desvoeuxroad.bsky.social · Aug 11

The fries sticking out of the ketchup make me irrationally angry.

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · Aug 8

"As governor of Texas, it is my job to do whatever President Trump thinks will protect our individual liberties. I can’t think of anything more Texan than obeying a powerful man in Washington, DC, in the name of individual freedoms."

Texas Democrats Are Subverting Democracy by Preventing Us from Subverting Democracy

“Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday ordered the civil arrest of Democratic lawmakers who fled the state to block a vote on a Republican-backed congre...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Aug 6

With IRS commissioner Billy Long saying the Direct File program is "gone," revisit our 2019 story about how TurboTax owner Intuit spent two decades fighting to prevent Americans from filing their taxes online for free:

Inside TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans From Filing Their Taxes for Free

Using lobbying, the revolving door and “dark pattern” customer tricks, Intuit fended off the government’s attempts to make tax filing free and easy, and created its multi-billion-dollar franchise.

www.propublica.org

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