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M̵͉̿ȁ̶̢͊r̷̰͚̀c̸̡̄́h̶̫͝e̸̢̥̓n̵̲͔̂l̶͔̈́a̴̭͐n̴̺̍̒d̶̞͆ @marchenland.bsky.social · 12h

I am pleased that the only problem I had was I couldn’t listen to NPR on Alexa, but my emergency radio worked.

But yeah, maybe this should be wake up call to us all. It won’t be but it should.

Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 18h

After this Amazon outage today, you can really see the number of services Amazon is running and how that’s a problem. Even my cats’ Litter Robot’s app was affected, 🤨.

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Bill McKay @mckay4senate.bsky.social · 9h

The whole internet loves buff white populist, who combines left wing ideas with masculine aesthetics prized among reactionaries!

*5 seconds later* we regret to inform you the populist has a totenkopf tattoo

Erdogan Gwan Delilah @socialconcarne.bsky.social · 10h

chat it doesn't look good

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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 12h

No mention at all of the fact that Trump doesn't have the legal authority to do this, that plans haven't even been reviewed (because the office is closed for the government shutdown), that the size and cost estimates keep changing, etc., etc.

Part of White House Is Reduced to Rubble. Trump’s Ballroom Will Rise in Its Place.

www.nytimes.com

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 12h

I'm not a West Wing obsessed lib or anything but the more I see pictures of this the more fucked up I think it is. It's like he cut off one of the hands of the Lincoln memorial with an angle grinder so he could add a big gun to it.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 12h

The Treasury Department instructed employees not to share to share photos of the demolition of parts of the White House’s East Wing

Exclusive | Treasury Tells Employees Not to Share Photos of White House Ballroom Construction

Images of the demolition of parts of the East Wing went viral on Monday, and Treasury’s headquarters next door to the White House has a front-row seat.

www.wsj.com

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

Oh my GOD.

At 4:10 p.m., she texted me: "By the way-everything | ever sent you is off record. You're not a journalist so it's weird saying that but just letting you know."
I responded: "I'm sorry, but that's not how this works.
You don't get to say that in retrospect."
Halligan was unpersuaded: "Yes, I do. Off record."
"I am really sorry. I would have been happy to speak with you on an off the record basis had you asked," I said. "But you didn't ask, and I still haven't agreed to speak on that basis. Do you have any further comment for the story?
To my surprise, she kept going: "It's obvious the whole convo is off record. There's disappearing messages and it's on signal. What is your story? You never told me about a story."
I didn't respond. It was time to publish my story. I'II text it to her.

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capitolhunters @capitolhunters.bsky.social · 17h

Many people are outraged that Trump is demolishing part of the White House. But of course Trump can't do it without help. It's ACECO LLC of Silver Spring MD ("full-service demolition") that is tearing down the People's House. You can call them and let them know how you feel. 1/

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SpookyLizard @swamplizard.bsky.social · 17h

future grandchild: like shit, from an ass?

me in 30 years: Swear to God. Then he demolished the White House

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21h

“.. They are the asylum seekers, the rule followers. They go into the federal building holding papers .. hoping for a measure of due process. Some leave the courthouse with a hearing date set months or years from now. Others disappear into ICE’s prison system.”

@nymag.com
nymag.com/intelligence...

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The Pleasure Vice Principle (he/him/his) @hannibaltabu.bsky.social · 21h

“Buck naked” is unclothed.

“Butt naked” is unclothed and up to something.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 22h

Not to be THAT dictionary, but…

It’s ‘per se,’ not ‘per say.’
It’s ‘dog-eat-dog world,’ not ‘doggy-dog world.’
It’s ‘hunger pangs,’ not ‘hunger pains.’
It’s ‘one and the same,’ not ‘one in the same.’
It's 'buck naked,' not 'butt naked.'

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a swarm of Ghostly bugs @facefullabugs.bsky.social · 22h

A Little Sip Of Coffee For Scolipede Please? A Little Sip Would Not Hurt Scolipede. Please Put Cup On Snout For A Little Sip For Scolipede Just A Little Taste

Enormous alpha Scolipede in Pokémon za looking down at my player character’s outdoor cafe table in the silent imploring way only very big dogs are able to do, staring down silently, being Very Good about simply not leaning down and grabbing it

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Ophelia, again @opheliarevived.bsky.social · 20h

It’s so bad but like, I think people just black hole that lots of people just… couldn’t get health insurance?? Or pay extortionate premiums because they had childhood asthma?? And then the preexisting condition sometimes just wasn’t covered at all?!

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-𝚖𝚘𝚡 ❆ ☃︎︎ ❆ @moxiest.art · 20h

either black holed or were not old enough to have the conversation

"I have money I want to give your company in exchange for health insurance."

"No. Fuck off and die."

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Eilidh Lonie @aliasv.bsky.social · 1d

REPOST. START HERE.

While Googling for other Canadian commentators, I stumbled across a result about me. Yes, I know, nothing but shit in there, but morbid curiosity etc etc.

First, according to this post, I'm the worst announcer in MTG history.

I'm also a DEI hire.

I know nothing about Magic.

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Shivam Bhatt @shivambhatt.bsky.social · 1d

Eilidh is literally the gold standard that we all aim for. There is no one more professional and sharp and smart in the content game.

Eilidh Lonie @aliasv.bsky.social · 1d

REPOST. START HERE.

While Googling for other Canadian commentators, I stumbled across a result about me. Yes, I know, nothing but shit in there, but morbid curiosity etc etc.

First, according to this post, I'm the worst announcer in MTG history.

I'm also a DEI hire.

I know nothing about Magic.

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Xiran Jay Zhao @xiranjayzhao.bsky.social · 1d

A statement. Please read.

It has come to my attention that some very troubling allegations have been made against me. It is my intention for this statement to bring some clarity to the situation.

My whereabouts from 9:30AM to 9:37AM CET on October 19th, 2025 are perfectly accounted for. I was with my friend Lune at the Musée de la Révolution française in Vizille, Southern France. It is a 3-hour train ride away from Paris, which is in Northern France. It is not physically possible for me to have crossed the country and back within the span of minutes. I would provide time-stamped photographic evidence of this, but I was so overcome with emotion that I neglected to take any. Sometimes what matters most in life is living in the moment.

Some have pointed out that my bookcase in my previous Reel looks different from my usual bookcase. There is a perfectly reasonable explanation for this that I am declining to reveal for privacy reasons. I am not in hiding. I am not in possession of priceless jewels I am now struggling to think of how to sell without alerting French authorities. My actions online are not an attempt to distract from any crimes.

My personal animosity for Mr. Napoleon Bonaparte aside, I would never think to partake in any act of blatant, brilliantly planned and expertly executed theft of his family jewels. I would not know what to do with them. I would be hoping someone in the comments would tell me what to do with them. But I am not asking that because I do not have them.

- XJZ 💔

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Ilana Masad @ilanaslightly.bsky.social · 1d

*deep breath*

The term Judeo-Christian is somehow both antisemitic and Islamophobic: it reduces Judaism to Christianity's predecessor on the one hand and implies only two Abrahamic religions on the other, when there are (at least) three

Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 4d

Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 1d

Failure to return the shopping cart to one of the cart returns if you are able is a sign of someone who does not value the social contract.

Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 4d

Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?

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Mr. Completely @brokensymmetry.art · 2d

Imo we need that plus an effective left Christian revival. The latter isn't a popular thought among leftists but Christianity is such a powerful political force in Americav that something will need to neutralize part of that growing very dangerous radical energy among evangelicals

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elenloth.bsky.social @elenloth.bsky.social · 1d

Why does every Disney villain have a chad style chin?

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Dan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.social · 2d

The inflatable costume thing with the protesters is really good because it renders the body armor/CoD weaponry aesthetic of the ICE Nazis even more ridiculous than it already was. Suiting up like Rambo to face down a dancing frog. No coming back from that

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Victor Milezzi @vmilezzi.bsky.social · 2d

Nothing is more performative than being too concerned about taking the streets with the normies.

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UNBAN LINK YOU COWARDS @getrikt.com · 2d

“Ugh these protests are just a bunch of libs making noise there’s no organization there’s no movement”

Every single one of these tents is an activist organization signing people up to get organized and take action. You can’t tell me in any sort of good faith that this isn’t a good thing.

#NoKings

Panoramic photo of a No Kings event. There are dozens of tents representing activist organizations sharing info and gathering supporters.

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Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 2d

Not a shitpost: #NoKings is feel-good performative activism for comfortable mostly upper and upper middle class white folks and that’s good, actually. Millions of people in the streets protesting a fascist regime is good. It is good for the normie baseline to be massive displays of public dissent.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 2d

The Trump shit video is basically this, but I will reiterate that if a Dem is critical of conservative voters it’s a generational scandal and when Republican pols literally post themselves shitting on their opposition virtually the entire elite politics and media class treats it as fine and normal

When someone uses this emoji 🤣 they are more mad than they have ever been in their entire life

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