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Echo Tremaine (he/him) @echotopia.bsky.social · 4h

Reality tv star has thoughts on the environment

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Sean Duffy: "We are gonna save billions of dollars by getting rid of the fuel economy standards that are set way too high, that no combustion engine can meet, costing each car to the tune of thousands of dollars for the end consumer. We're in the process of getting rid of those rules."

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Echo Tremaine (he/him) @echotopia.bsky.social · 11h

Hell no. Address the ACA subsidies now or you get shit. That’s how we negotiate.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12h

If Dems will vote for the CR then Mike Johnson “will look at” maybe having a vote on ACA subsidies in the future. What a deal!

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Echo Tremaine (he/him) @echotopia.bsky.social · 1d

Well isn’t this a nice surprise. Sugar is back!! Copper Blue has to be my all time fave album. Excited to have new music from Bob and company.
youtu.be/-S72djtUIFk?...

Sugar – House of Dead Memories (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by Sugar Copper Blue

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Echo Tremaine (he/him) @echotopia.bsky.social · 1d

This Jays Mariners series is killing me.

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Echo Tremaine (he/him) @echotopia.bsky.social · 1d

Some enterprising reporter should ask Mike if he agrees with Bobby? And if not? Are they still friends? Is that not a line for him?

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 1d

It’s funny to see Olivia Reingold complain about her ex-friend who comes from “media royalty” when she herself is media royalty. Dad was NBC Asia top brass and then bought six local CBS stations. She’s a Columbia legacy, and Michael Barbaro interviewed her for a WaPo puff piece when she was 10.

By Michael Barbaro
Celia and Olivia Reingold, owners of a District-based toy company, registered for the world's biggest toy show this year, convinced they would make strong connections across the industry. With more than 80 products, their company, they reasoned, was ready to play ball with the toy business's biggest players.
The toy fair's organizers didn't see it that way.
It turns out Celia, 13, and Olivia, 10, are too young to attend. Citing a longstanding policy, organizers of American International Toy Fair said it does not allow anyone under 18 to enter the conference, which ended yesterday in New York.
The girls said they are baffled by the policy.
"I don't think it's very fair," Olivia said in an interview yesterday. "We are managing our own business."

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Echo Tremaine (he/him) @echotopia.bsky.social · 1d

These ghouls are cooking to steal more of your time. 6 day workweeks from you sound like profits to them. Don’t get suckered!
www.yahoo.com/finance/news...

Billionaire bosses like Jeff Bezos and Reid Hoffman denounce work-life balance—and some think working nonstop is key to success

Jeff Bezos hates the word ‘balance’—and he’s not alone. Reid Hoffman says chasing it means you’re not serious about winning, while other billionaire CEOs argue it’s incompatible with success.

www.yahoo.com

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 1d

UPDATE: Following the firing of the director of the student newspaper, Indiana University has now cut the print edition of the newspaper entirely.

www.idsnews.com/article/2025...

Indiana University cuts IDS print entirely, hours after firing student media director
By IDS staff
Oct 15, 2025 1:23 pm · Updated Oct 15, 2025 1:23 pm

IU previously directed the Indiana Daily Student to stop printing news coverage in our newspaper. Upon pushback, the university fully cut print, including our special editions. The IDS was not involved in the decision.

Media School Dean David Tolchinsky sent the order to IDS leadership in an email responding to its appeal that the school not censor the newspaper. And the dean attributed the decision to “the campus.” He has not yet responded to a message for clarification.

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Echo Tremaine (he/him) @echotopia.bsky.social · 1d

Pamela Whitten needs to go already! She is destroying what makes IU a great school.

Edmund Lee @edmundlee.bsky.social · 1d

Astounding move by Indiana University to direct its student newspaper on what they can and cannot print:

www.idsnews.com/article/2025...

LETTER FROM THE EDITORS: IU fires student media director after he refused to censor the IDS

Indiana University directed the IDS to stop printing news.

www.idsnews.com

Echo Tremaine (he/him) @echotopia.bsky.social · 1d

The Nazi states of America???? These guys are so gross.

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

Breaking: Capitol Police have been called after a Republican congressional office was just caught displaying a swastika.

This comes one day after group chat messages were leaked of young GOP officials saying “I love Hitler” and calling to put Democrats in “gas chambers.”

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 1d

I'm getting set to follow today's hearing in State of Oregon v. Trump. I'm also begging the Northern District of Illinois to start making their hearings available for those covering the case remotely!

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Echo Tremaine (he/him) @echotopia.bsky.social · 1d

Because assaulting women isn’t really serious?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: This has been reported for a while. Cory Mills was accused of beating a girlfriend in his DC apt. Are you concerned about these allegations?

JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious

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Echo Tremaine (he/him) @echotopia.bsky.social · 1d

I love America - a country that REJECTS the idea of Kings. So, sorry, Lisa, you lost me with this.

Why are you standing with folks protecting Pedophiles, btw?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Lisa McClain refers to No Kings as "the I Hate America rally"

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Echo Tremaine (he/him) @echotopia.bsky.social · 2d

Um. Excuse me? This is the GOP shutdown. They could end this right now. They hold both houses, the White House and the fucking Supreme Court. So lose me with this shit. NBC is trash.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Both parties brace for a 'long conflict' as government shutdown hits two-week mark

At the two-week mark, Republicans and Democrats are bracing for a long government shutdown, with both parties seeing more upside in persisting with their conflicting demands.

www.yahoo.com

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jacki, of the zombie variety 🧟‍♀️ @jacki.bsky.social · 2d

Even when you’re not shocked by it (because, hello? *gestures widely*), it’s still deeply disturbing to read these messages and the pure, unapologetic hatred that lives in these people’s hearts.

Eddie S. Glaude @esglaude.bsky.social · 2d

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

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Echo Tremaine (he/him) @echotopia.bsky.social · 2d

A thread if you have a minute….

Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · Feb 21

1. You wanna know what's interesting about Pepsi making this decision? Pepsi literally made its fortune off the backs of Black people. (short 🧵)

Both Pepsi & Coke were created in the late 19th century. But while Coca-Cola was going on to become America's drink, Pepsi was bankrupt in the 1920s.

AdarAyiraViews @adarayiraviews.bsky.social · Feb 21

Universities need to be put on this list, too.😶

www.forbes.com/sites/conorm...

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Chris P @chrispummer.bsky.social · 2d

Trib ed board stamping its foot screaming, “No! We want a pony! It’s not fair we can’t have a pony!”

Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 2d

From the Editorial Board:

As Mayor Brandon Johnson prepares to give his budget address Thursday, one idea should get tossed aside: eliminating Chicago’s mounted police unit.

Editorial: Chicago budget should not cut mounted police nor sell off their horses

Is Chicago really going to sell off the horse named for Officer Ella French?

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Echo Tremaine (he/him) @echotopia.bsky.social · 2d

Get. Them.

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 2d

Good. Even if this doesn’t work, it’s time to go on offense.

www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-...

JB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in Chicago

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents.

www.newsweek.com

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Echo Tremaine (he/him) @echotopia.bsky.social · 2d

I’m sure these fine GOPers will act with haste to clean up their houses in the same way as they forced others to do when they were outraged by folks quoting Charlie Kirk.

Echo Tremaine (he/him) @echotopia.bsky.social · 2d

They’re a bunch of Call of Duty cosplay performance artists. They are running out of juice. No one wants this here.

Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 2d

This is a really important point.

They’re performing power for an audience.

For us.

To convince us that they have more power than they do.

They’re fear-harvesting.

Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 2d

This is exactly right: it's real violence, but a performance at the same time

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Echo Tremaine (he/him) @echotopia.bsky.social · 3d

That was some of the wildest shit I’ve seen in all my decades of watching. Incredible.

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Echo Tremaine (he/him) @echotopia.bsky.social · 3d

I’ve been pulling for the Jays but I don’t know. This Mariners team is on lock. Wow. Just wow.

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Echo Tremaine (he/him) @echotopia.bsky.social · 3d

Ugh. This sucks.

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Echo Tremaine (he/him) @echotopia.bsky.social · 3d

Right? Kinda shocked that everyone is hating ICE. Nextdoor usually feels like MAGA Boomerville to me. Don’t get me wrong. Everyone should despise those goons, but….

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