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GE Cafe @gecafe.bsky.social · 24d

The original "hueg liek xbox" photoshop, discovered this week on an old hdd.

An old Photoshopped image of an original XBox being transported on a carrier designed to move the space shuttle, c. 2001-02. The XBox was mocked for it's unusual size for consoles of the era.

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GE Cafe @gecafe.bsky.social · Aug 13

He noticed you! @apaintedmouse.bsky.social over in The Bad Place.

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Bill Amend @billamend.bsky.social · Aug 12

Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…

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Triumph the Insult Comic Dog @triumphicdhq.bsky.social · Jul 27

I was very sad to hear about the recent passing of Bob Caminiti. Bob worked at SNL for 37 years and was one of the purest and most thoughtful and passionate people I had the privilege to know. pizzifuneralhome.com?p=9806

Robert David Caminiti - Pizzi Funeral Home

Robert David Caminiti, “Bob” Beloved Husband, Father, Grandfather, Army Veteran, and Longtime NBC Associate Director It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Robert David Caminiti,...

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GE Cafe @gecafe.bsky.social · Jul 21

Don't forget bloviating about sportsball team names

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · Jul 21

The media inherently thinks secrets that are dug up are more damning than confessions shouted in public -- which is why a forgotten birthday greeting has gotten more attention than all the times Trump spoke into a microphone or voluntarily put in print the words "I LIKE TO FUCK CHILDREN"

Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · Jul 21

Howard Stern asked Trump how young Trump would go.

When Quivers asks for his “age limit,” Trump starts out by saying he doesn’t have one — but then gives a point of reference that looks not great in any light, saying he would draw a line at “12 year-olds”:
www.mediaite.com/media/news/t...

Trump’s Stunning Response When Asked if He Has Sexual ‘Age Limit’ Resurfaces as Epstein-Mania Boils

Trump's stunning response when he was asked if he had a sexual "age limit" has taken on a new dimension amid the fallout from the "Epstein Files" controversy.

www.mediaite.com

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Terrence Nowicki, Jr. @deephurting.bsky.social · Jul 1

My latest #cartoon makes note of how Republican arguments for the "work requirements" they want added to #Medicaid and #SNAP sound awfully familiar...

#art #newart #poliart #policartoon #politicalCartoon #editorialCartoon #cartoons #comics #memes #politicalArt #politics #foodStamps #WorkSetsYouFree

Political cartoon comparing Republican "work requirements" for Medicaid and SNAP to the German phrase "Arbeit Macht Frei," which translates to "Work Sets You Free," and was prominently displayed throughout Nazi concentration camps.

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GE Cafe @gecafe.bsky.social · Jul 6

And here's a link to his interview with rhe Television Academy, when you've got a few hours to spare
interviews.televisionacademy.com/interviews/r...

Robert Caminiti

In his four-hour interview, Robert Caminiti talks about his early years and being hired by NBC. He recalls becoming a stage manager for NBC at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, where he worked on game shows, incl...

interviews.televisionacademy.com

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GE Cafe @gecafe.bsky.social · Jul 6

www.dga.org/news/guild-n...

Remembering Robert Caminiti

The Directors Guild of America mourns the loss of veteran Associate Director Robert Caminiti, recipient of the 1999 Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award.

www.dga.org

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GE Cafe @gecafe.bsky.social · Jul 6

Caminiti worked at the show from 1982 to 2022. Here's a few words from the DGA this week.

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GE Cafe @gecafe.bsky.social · Jul 6

A couple notes on last week's SNL repeat (S50E18, Quinta Brunson with Benson Boone). The "Next Week" tease was improperly supered over the "generic" bumper. You can see it before and after the tease. Then at the end, a card is inserted for AD Bobby Caminiti, who died last month.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · Jul 6

One of the things about historical research is you encounter the fact that children used to die at heart-breaking rates. The cemeteries are full of tombs with zero to eleven year life spans. The correspondence mentions child death on a regular basis.

Children died often.

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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · Jun 6

Peak Bluesky Millennial content

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GE Cafe @gecafe.bsky.social · May 6

Quoting the only post about this dark afternoon :[

Zoe The Socialism Hind 🏳️‍⚧️ 🦌 @zoe248.tgirl.gay · May 6

Oh no Something Awful is down; now what will I do?!

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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · Apr 29

Please highlight this story.

ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.

kfor.com/news/local/w...

'We're citizens!': Oklahoma City family traumatized after ICE raids home, but they weren't suspects

A woman says her family’s fresh start in Oklahoma turned into a nightmare after federal immigration agents raided their home, taking their phones, laptops, and life savings – even though they were …

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GE Cafe @gecafe.bsky.social · Apr 28

Debuted last night (Sunday) during both repeats of The Americas and Suits LA. I just happened to have the TV on, it was incredibly odd seeing a generic Thursday-style promo on Sunday

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GE Cafe @gecafe.bsky.social · Apr 28

Wake up babe, new generic SNL promo just dropped

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TKarney @pecunium.bsky.social · Apr 27

Sounds like time for anyone who has an account which accepts Federal Deposits to open a second one to move all their cash to; every month.

(that will make "reclamation" less automatic)
www.crisesnotes.com/the-crisis-a...

The Crisis at Social Security Illustrates Elon Musk and DOGE’s Plan: Explode the Number and Severity of Improper Payments.

Subscribe Over the past month I needed a break to deal with organizational issues, including getting the Notes on the Crises Manhattan office(!) set up and needed time to continue a number of investi...

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KLM @klm.bsky.social · Apr 27

think of all the things that get fucked if your SSN is suddenly defunct. this is a death sentence in more ways than one

Nathan Tankus @nathantankus.bsky.social · Apr 25

NEW PIECE: I've been working for a while on a piece on social security death notices and payment finality. Just as I was finalizing it, including with a new legal memo!- it was reported that DOGE declared four MILLION people dead. Read all about the issues here

www.crisesnotes.com/the-crisis-a...

The Crisis at Social Security Illustrates Elon Musk and DOGE’s Plan: Explode the Number and Severity of Improper Payments.

Subscribe Over the past month I needed a break to deal with organizational issues, including getting the Notes on the Crises Manhattan office(!) set up and needed time to continue a number of investi...

www.crisesnotes.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · Apr 12

Hours ago, @politico.com revealed that DOGE is working with DHS on automating mass deportation efforts — likely explaining why many US citizens, green card holders, and even a Canadian (in Canada) got threatening emails last night terminating “your parole” and telling them to leave the US in 7 days.

Bike_pimp88 • 21h ago
10:48
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U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Washington, DC 20528
04/11/2025
Notice of Termination of Parole
it is time for you to leave the United States.
You are currently here because the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) paroled you into the United States for a limited period. Pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1182(d)(5)(A) and 8 C.F.R. § 212.5(e), DHS is now exercising its discretion to terminate your parole. Unless it expires sooner, your parole will terminate 7 days from the date of this notice.
If you do not depart the United States immediately you will be subject to potential law enforcement actions that will result in your removal from the United States - unless you have otherwise obtained a lawful basis to remain here. Any benefits you receive in the United States connected with your parole - such as work authorization — will also terminate. You will be subject to potential criminal prosecution, civil fines, and penalties, and any other lawful options available to the federal government.
DHS encourages you to leave immediately on your own.
You can use the CBP Home mobile app on your phone to make arrangements for your departure. If you are departing the United States via land, you should report your departure once outside the United States via that same app. If you are having trouble reporting your departure via land, visit https://194.cbp.dhs.gov/home for more information about voluntarily reporting your departure.
Again, DHS is terminating your parole. Do not attempt to remain in the United States - the federal government will find you. Please depart the United States immediately.
I just got this 5 minutes and I'm not even in the United States or have been for months. I'm in Canada and a Canadian resident. I fly to Vegas tomorrow morning for the weekend and a little concerned? Does this look legit

SpellWild110 • 2 points 17 hours ago
I just got this email too and I am a US citizen? Born and raised in the US. So confused.
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+ [-Potential_Travel_294 • 2 points 17 hours ago
Yeah, so confusing
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+ [H] ramoros1865 • 2 points 13 hours ago
I go this email last night as well and I have a green card

[-| ihatemensomuchursick • 2 points 10 hours ago
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Got this today at 6ame9the thing is I was born here this is the email that sent it: [automatedmessage@cbp.dhs.gov]
(mailto:automatedmessage@cbp.dhs.gov)
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+ [-| ihatemensomuchursick • 2 points 10 hours ago
Has anyone clicked the link?

+ |-]PossibleLast3277 • 1 point 20 hours ago
I just got this same email right now
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+ [-JOk-Comfortable948 • 1 point 20 hours ago
Me too. I am an LPR since an year now and def concerns me seeing this. I got the email from cbpnoreply@cbp.dhs.gov and email looked legit due to its domain though, hope its a scam email. Crazy idiots not sure what they keep doing. permalink embed save parent report reply
+ |-]PossibleLast3277 • 1 point 20 hours ago
I have daca and i am wondering if i got it because I did advance parole in 2023
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+ |-] Potential_Travel_294 • 1 point 19 hours ago
I got the same email twice to my two different email adresses, I think its's a scam.
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+ [-]Ok-Comfortable948 • 1 point 19 hours ago
I got it twice to my same email.
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+ [-]Potential_Travel_294 • 1 point 19 hours ago
Yeah, me too, I got twice too to a kind of personal email address, it's even not my work email address. permalink embed save parent report reply
+ [-]thawk1986 • 1 point 11 hours ago
It's legit:
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/mi
grants-cbp-one-app-legal-status-stripped-dhs/
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Matt Cameron @mattcameron.bsky.social · Apr 8

I have spoken with multiple field offices and emailed ICE counsel as well as the office of the Chief Immigration Judge. From what I am putting together an extremely new disturbing pattern has developed recently of ICE somehow *deleting* cases from the imm court's ECAS system & *no one knows how*

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Matt Cameron @mattcameron.bsky.social · Apr 8

UPDATE: ICE is wildly unconcerned about where this man is and no one will tell me, his registered attorney. The universal answer so far is "let's wait and see where he ends up." This is deeply off.

We would have more rights at this point if UPS had lost a pair of shoes I'd just bought from Zappos

Matt Cameron @mattcameron.bsky.social · Apr 7

My detained client was scheduled for a bond hearing this AM in a MA immigration court. He wasn't brought in, and he and his case have disappeared.

I then received this notice of activity on a nonexistent docket in which his name was changed to "N/A"

It's all happening a lot faster than I expected

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · Apr 3

Calm down. I'm being told it does that sometimes

Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · Apr 2

The US stock market has lost over $2 trillion in the last 20 minutes.

Nice, nice. Nice.

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