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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 12h

About a month ago, the Trump administration got rid of the de minimis exemption, whereby packages valued under $800 could slide in without import duties. Now there's a backlog as the government can't process all of this paperwork, leading to UPS just destroying packages

Business Insider headline reads: UPS is telling customers that their packages coming to the US are marked for destruction.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3h

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 · 3h

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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Steven Lucy @slucy.bsky.social · 3h

"If the person is a U. S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter." -- Justice Kavanaugh

Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 5h

“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.

I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.

Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 19h

It’s pronounced cyclist.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 21h

seems like a non-insignificant percentage of rage against the machine's fanbase are young republican men driving SUVs bopping their head to anti-oil, pro-immigrant songs thinking the lyrics are about how they wish their suburban parents would get off their back

Tom Morello tweets: "Fascinating that all those “don’t tread on me” posers and their AR-15’s are nowhere to be seen and government tyranny is instead being opposed by a guy in an inflatable frog suit."

Someone named Manny replies: "@grok
why do some people say Tom Morello and band mates are RAGE FOR THE MACHINE and not against ?"

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 22h

“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument

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Don House @donniemarvelous.bsky.social · 23h

man that John Candy doc is so good.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 1d

every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”

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Arif Hasan, but NFL🔨⚒️🛠️ @arif.bsky.social · 1d

my favorite part of this story are the videos (all linked, two embedded) of Jefferson just talking about being a receiver. Coaching kids or detailing the catch process or whatever. Really cool stuff

Arif Hasan, but NFL🔨⚒️🛠️ @arif.bsky.social · 2d

Justin Jefferson's leadership and driven passion for the fundamentals of receiver play were critical to the Vikings' win over the Browns. @FriesFootball breaks it down for Wide Left www.wideleft.football/p/justin-jef...

Justin Jefferson is the Heart and Soul of the Minnesota Vikings. He’s Also the Best Receiver in Football.

Justin Jefferson led the Vikings win over the Browns and in doing so, demonstrated once again that he's matured into his role as a team leader. Oh yea, and that he's the best WR in the world.

www.wideleft.football

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 1d

apparently when questioned about accepting landlord money from 110 grant resident, elizabeth shaffer says “it’s only $600.” if that’s the case, why not return it? it’s only $600. make a show of it, rejecting money from this slumlord who gave half a million to trump. tell him you reject his values

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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 1d

Thoughts on Bad Bunny performing at the Super Bowl and why it matters

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Don House @donniemarvelous.bsky.social · 1d

any chance you two will take a stroll through an older classic... like say... Patriot? So I can enjoy warm feelings and pilsners again?

Don House @donniemarvelous.bsky.social · 2d

ex goalie here... the pad they invented that protects the gap from the leg pad and the breezer was a pretty clutch one.

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Kath Barbadoro @kathbarbadoro.bsky.social · 2d

Trump forming an anti Christian crime investigation task force to distract from the fact that he is a pedophile

The guys in true detective season one who did exactly that

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Don House @donniemarvelous.bsky.social · 2d

checks out on my end.

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 3d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Don House @donniemarvelous.bsky.social · 2d

Which this unrelated event today is also giving vibes of…

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Don House @donniemarvelous.bsky.social · 2d

It sounded like it was mostly the historical society pushing for it but the federal grant got DOGED. But maybe someone has better info than me. This is just the scoop at the park from the daily crowd.

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Defector @defector.com · 3d

How ‘Slow Horses’ explains the world: defector.com/how-slow-hor...

How 'Slow Horses' Explains The World | Defector

Drew Magary’s Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday at Defector during the NFL season. Got something you wanna contribute? Email the Roo. You can also read Drew over at…

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Don House @donniemarvelous.bsky.social · 2d

Her logic for putting a fence in the minnehaha dog park was to protect the deer population.

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Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · 3d

Minneapolis friends, it is really disturbing to me how many signs I see iin support of Becka Thompson. She is racist, thin-skinned, allergic to nuance and deep thinking, and has proved herself to be utterly ineffective and bullheaded on the Park Board. Why would she be any different on City Council?

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Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 3d

I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.

wrote 20 pages on Faulkner's The Bear four hours before final papers were due on trucker pills and coffee and cigarettes and got an A, fuck you.
You people couldn't hang with real slackers.
finn
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It's fuck Al till your homework due in 25 minutes

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 2d

The "somebody showed me a TikTok" era of American government is going pretty much exactly how you'd expect.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

RFK Jr: "Somebody showed me a TikTok video of a pregnant woman at 8 months pregnant -- she's an associate professor at the Columbia Medical School -- and she is saying 'F Trump' and gobbling Tylenol with her baby in her placenta. The level of Trump Derangement Syndrome is now a pathology."

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 3d

We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly

Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy.

Some thoughts from my new piece:

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We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly

Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy

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