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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 2h

This is why I always chuckle whenever I hear some elected Dem talk about a bipartisan deal to re-open the government like dude you're the last person left on earth that hasn't heard about the business stylings of Donald Trump. The Art of the Deal is not paying for services rendered

ProPublica @propublica.org · 3h

Trump promised free plane tickets and $1,000 “exit bonuses” to immigrants who opted to self-deport.

ProPublica spoke to a dozen Venezuelan immigrants who said they followed the president’s instructions, yet never received the promised assistance.

“I Don’t Want to Be Here Anymore”: They Tried to Self-Deport, Then Got Stranded in Trump’s America

Venezuelan immigrants signed up for a Trump-promoted app called CBP Home, which promised a safe and easy way to leave the country, and prepared to leave on their given departure dates. Those dates hav...

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 9h

a lot of these stories assume The Free Press is a business success. but is it? they generate a ton of subscription revenue but they spend so much that they needed to raise $15M last year. we can't see the financials, but there's a good chance that the operation is a money pit.

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 12h

This is really smart. Amazed at the hysteria over the ascendance of a woman entrepreneur who clearly knows how to cover and sell news and who's not afraid to take on a mob. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss

The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.

www.theatlantic.com

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rivers mccown @riversmccown.bsky.social · 2h

Sam LaPorta how

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 8h

So Kilmer Abrego-Garcia will not challenge a deportation to Costa Rica, who has agreed to for him residency, but DHS won’t agree to send him there because it’s not cruel enough.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

For weeks, Mr. Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national who is married to a U.S. citizen, has made clear that he would not challenge his deportation if he were sent to Costa Rica, which has promised him legal residency and guaranteed that he would not be sent back to El Salvador.

But the Trump administration has refused to deport him to Costa Rica, and in an earlier hearing this week, Judge Xinis pressed the administration to consider the option or clarify why it was unacceptable.

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Josh (garik16) @garik16.bsky.social · 2h

Duke GT gonna be good huh

Josh (garik16) @garik16.bsky.social · 3h

The chiefs blatantly playing the @janecoaston.bsky.social DPI only offense that sequence, two bombs from Maholmes nowhere near a receiver and he gets a dpi anyway

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victoria zeller (buy ONE OF THE BOYS) @dirtbagqueer.rocks · 3h

$15M dead cap for the chiefs to cut butker btw

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Josh (garik16) @garik16.bsky.social · 3h

The delivery gets me every time.

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Joel Zombied 🎃🦇 @velodus.bsky.social · 5h

The reason I like the Mariners in this series is they have an in-game mascot race featuring a bunch of salmon, whereas the Blue Jays foolishly do NOT have a mascot race, which puts them at a severe disadvantage.

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 4h

Bo Bichette?! Bo Bichette?! Where?

Han solo and boba fett in Return of the Jedi

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🪩 Kiri 🪩 @kirio.bsky.social · 4h

October is my favorite month for running outside.

Skeleton repeling down the side of a house

Two skeletons chained to trees on one side of the sidewalk, witch looming over a fence on the other side

Skeletons posed in a cafe scene in a front yard. Sign reads, "Peggy Sue's BONEYARD CAFE"

Giant skeleton waving from among the shrubbery in a front yard

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 4h

if we are going to have a supreme court that is as powerful as it is, i basically think justices should be forbidden from public comment on their work as well as any supplemental source of income while they are on the bench. (they should also ride circuit again but that's a bit separate.)

Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 11h

The substance of what she's saying is bad and unconvincing, but more fundamentally, I really don't think Supreme Court justices should be going on book tours where they publicly comment on their work and respond to criticism of it. Either put it in a written opinion or hold your peace.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 7h

I really wouldn’t be shining lasers at helicopters if I were you. It’s illegal and could cause an aircraft to crash - and that could kill a LOT of people, in the air and on the ground.

And the ICE goons appear to be *salivating* at the chance to claim people that they arrest were doing this:

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LEN 🩷 @lenbarboza.bsky.social · 7h

InuKag 70's fashion style!

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Brian Floyd @brianmfloyd.bsky.social · 7h

the people writing about this do not understand the structure of her cbs deal and fell for a press release with a big number. it was not even close to a $150 million acquisition

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Brian Floyd @brianmfloyd.bsky.social · 7h

i cannot emphasize enough that this is not a business or entrepreneurship success story. she and her family started rich. there was zero personal risk involved. they could throw money at it to get acquired

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 12h

This is really smart. Amazed at the hysteria over the ascendance of a woman entrepreneur who clearly knows how to cover and sell news and who's not afraid to take on a mob. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss

The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.

www.theatlantic.com

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 10h

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

I'm today's main character

bsky.app/profile/kevi...

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12h

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

Archives banned making copies.

Natasha Simonova @philistella.bsky.social · 12h

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

New library catalogue website.

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PodKATT @podkatt.bsky.social · 10h

James Franklin was fired before James Danklin was harvested. This is our “Lettuce outlasts Prime Minister” moment

Eric Dean @dirtydills.bsky.social · 3d

Attn @shutdownfullcast.bsky.social

Done and done

@edsbs.bsky.social
@hollyanderson.bsky.social
@jasonkirk.fyi
@celebrityhottub.bsky.social

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Josh (garik16) @garik16.bsky.social · 10h

Maybe Pegula will pay?

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Mondo Mascots @mondomascots.bsky.social · 11h

Kani Bucho, an office boss with an entire crab for a head, is the mascot for Yokobiki, a company that makes metal roller shutters for store windows.

A mascot in a blue suit with a red crab for a head enters a building.

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Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 12h

Well golly it sounds like you should let long-standing precedents stand until you rule on the merits, then. That is not what you’re doing!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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victoria zeller (buy ONE OF THE BOYS) @dirtbagqueer.rocks · 12h

yeah, this is the game that's broken me. this is not a salvageable quarterback. this is a running back

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charles (young QB agnostic) mcdonald @fourverts.bsky.social · 12h

the jets averaged 1.4 yards per play today

54 plays
82 yards

42% of their plays failed to gain a yard
-10 net passing yards

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Bill Barnwell @billbarnwell.com · 12h

As always: Jets pass up the fourth-and-1, have to go for it on fourth-and-8.

Bill Barnwell @billbarnwell.com · 12h

"Gotta play the field position game!" and then the Broncos immediately march downfield to get back where the Jets punted. When your defense has been terrible all season, counting on it to keep playing well because they have so far is really short-sighted.

Bill Barnwell @billbarnwell.com · 12h

Analytics can account for the other offense not being great I promise!

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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 13h

Good morning

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