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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 9h

Nobody ever says "I wish I'd played more video games" when they die. Video games haven't been around long enough. I may be the first to say it.

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Gosh @historygosh.bsky.social · 4h

This is honestly embarrassing.

Gosh @historygosh.bsky.social · 4h

Don't piss on me and tell me it's raining.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 9h

lol, now they're saying the Nazi flag is an "optical illusion"

Swastika” Flag In Office of Rep. Dave Taylor (R-OH) May Be An “optical illusion” and “easy to miss”

The weird story about an aide to Rep. Dave Taylor (R-OH) having a flag in his Capitol Hill office with a swastika on it, has just gotten weirder.

Multiple sources tell Fox – including those investigating the issue – the flag in question is an American flag – but with a swastika embedded into the ink or weaving. And here’s the strange part: the swastika is not obvious to the naked eye. But is more visible when captured on video or by a still photo.

One source described this as an “optical illusion.” Another said the swastika was “easy to miss.”

Fox has learned that dozens of Congressional offices received these American flags from an undetermined group who brought them around Capitol Hill early in the year. One office tells Fox that the swastika on their flag was clear, so they tossed it out. But the flag in the office of Taylor was not visible until captured on camera.

It is not known what group brought the flags around. That is under investigation. The US Capitol Police are also conducting an inquiry. Fox is told that that the group brought the flags to multiple offices. At issues is if the group knew the swastika was embedded into the flag. It is also unclear if this was an effort to covertly deliver American flags to lawmakers with swastikas on them. Or, if this was an effort to deliberately embarrass offices by bringing them an American flag – which featured a swastika which wasn’t obvious to the naked eye.

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Gosh @historygosh.bsky.social · 5h

This one was a recent winner which I neglected to name.

1.5 oz mezcal
.5 oz coffee liqueur
.5 oz demerara syrup
.25 oz nocino
.25 oz bigallet china china
1 dash chocolate bitters

Grated nutmeg on top

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AZ Attorney General Kris Mayes @azagmayes.bsky.social · 6h

Time is up. I gave Speaker Mike Johnson two days to swear in Adelita Grijalva. Arizona's 7th congressional district 813,000 Arizonans are now being taxed without representation. I have lawyers downstairs right now drafting litigation.

youtu.be/9OBdjsGntQI?...

AG Mayes Demands Speaker Johnson Swear In Adelita Grijalva | The Lead with Jake Tapper CNN

YouTube video by Arizona Attorney General's Office

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Waffle 🧇 @wafflecut.bsky.social · 8h

Learned that an anonymous outside expert on submersibles did an interview with the OceanGate Titan investigation, and they released a transcript, with all the names redacted. The first line of his first answer? "I'm sure you're familiar with my film Titanic."

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD
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Investigation of:
LOSS OF THE SUBMARINE TITAN
IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
ON JUNE 18, 2023
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Accident No.:
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Interview of:
Co-designer/Pilot
Deepsea Challenger
DCA23FM036
via Microsoft Teams
Friday,
July 26, 2024

INTERVIEW OF
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BY LCDR
11 Q. So how did you get yourself started into submersible
12 operations?
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A.
Well, I'm sure you're familiar with my film Titanic.
When I
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set down the path to make that film, the first thing that I did
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was arrange to be introduced to the head of the submersible
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program at the P.P. Shirshov Institute in Moscow, a guy named
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Professor
I. I did that through a mutual friend
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of ours, a guy named
, who is one of the preeminent
underwater cinematographers in the world. And had been on a
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submersible expedition out to Titanic the previous year with the
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Russians. And that was organized by a Canadian company that was
22 doing an IMAX film which was released under the title Titanica.

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Gosh @historygosh.bsky.social · 5h

Bought some chili garlic crunch at a local-ish garlic and wine festival last weekend, and maybe the world's actually going to be ok.

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Ryan Boyd @ryanboyd.bsky.social · 6h

There are too many apps and not enough websites

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Hayes Madsen @solfleet.bsky.social · 5h

No fucking shot Andrew Cuomo actually talked about Hasan Piker during the debate. What a deeply unserious old man

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Gosh @historygosh.bsky.social · 6h

Tonight's slightly sweeter take on the Flannel Shirt:

2 oz cider
2 oz Caribbean rum (I used Kaniche XO)
.5 oz averna
.5 oz Benedictine
.5 oz falernum
.25 oz lemon juice
1-2 dashes orange bitters

Torched cinnamon stick to garnish

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Gosh @historygosh.bsky.social · 6h

Insane that @jaketapper.bsky.social just lets this slide. Zero pushback at all on this statement is journalistic malpractice.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Johnson: "Grijalva should be working for her constituents right now. I don't know what she's doing. I keep seeing their political stunt videos. She should be in her office. She should be working or in the district for her constituents" (Grijalva is not in fact a Rep. b/c Johnson refuses to seat her)

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 7h

Sounds like it was pretty clear.

Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 7h

"It was unclear why Adm. Holsey is leaving now, less than a year into his tenure....But one of the U.S. officials...said that Admiral Holsey had raised concerns about the mission and the attacks on the alleged drug boats."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...

Head of the U.S. Military’s Southern Command Is Stepping Down, Officials Say

www.nytimes.com

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Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 8h

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conputer dipshit @davidcrespo.bsky.social · 10h

amazing opening
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/p...

You sit, according to the polls, on the cusp of a historic political victory. You would be the youngest mayor in a century. You’d be New York City’s first Muslim mayor. You’d be its first democratic socialist mayor.

I wouldn’t actually be the first democratic socialist mayor.

Who would it be?

David Dinkins was a member of D.S.A., he identified also as a democratic socialist.

Thank you for the correction.

Very welcome.

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 11h

[hunter s thompson, at the kentucky derby, 15 juleps deep, and wearing a hat he definitely did not have when he got there]

you want me to come into the office lol. lmao even.

Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 12h

2. Rolling Stone is owned by a large media conglomerate, which is ending remote work across its brands.

My home is Portland, Oregon, ~1,000 miles from the nearest office, so this marks the end of the line for me at RS.

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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 12h

You're writing this down right? Good. As I was saying my car sucked so bad my wife left me. Yes I can spell my name for you.

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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 12h

The fact multiple owners in this article admit to keeping their trunks full of toys to lure kids tells you everything you need to know.

WIRED @wired.com · 15h

"She called me a Nazi!"

The full feature here:

Spit On, Sworn At, and Undeterred: What It’s Like to Own a Cybertruck

“We were the targets.” WIRED spoke to seven Tesla Cybertruck owners about their most controversial purchase and why they're proud to drive it.

www.wired.com

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Gosh @historygosh.bsky.social · 14h

Dems deciding to call racism out clearly during BLM in 2020 and then going right back to dancing around it just about says it all.

Lindsey Cormack @dcinbox.bsky.social · 14h

racism

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Jeremy Stanley @jeremydstanley.com · 18h

And are you married?
I was married, but I'm not married anymore. Women don't like the vehicle.

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 14h

Stop calling us Nazis or we’ll murder you over things you say

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Homan: "If the hateful rhetoric continues, there will be bloodshed. People are going to die ... there is going to be more bloodshed unless this hateful rhetoric stops."

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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 16h

Instead of "This is inappropriate!" Democrats - especially those who might run for president - should say right now "Anyone who participates in this should know: You are committing a crime, and in the next administration you will be prosecuted."

That will change the frame of the story.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

Again, it is a full-blown federal felony crime for anyone in the White House or Executive Office of the President to order tax investigations into anyone.

And it's not just a crime to DO it, it's even a federal crime for an employee not to REPORT such an order to the Treasury Inspector General.

26 U.S. Code § 7217 - Prohibition on executive branch influence over taxpayer audits and other investigations
U.S. Code
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(a)Prohibition
It shall be unlawful for any applicable person to request, directly or indirectly, any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service to conduct or terminate an audit or other investigation of any particular taxpayer with respect to the tax liability of such taxpayer.

(b)Reporting requirement
Any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service receiving any request prohibited by subsection (a) shall report the receipt of such request to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.

(c)Exceptions
Subsection (a) shall not apply to any written request made—
(1)to an applicable person by or on behalf of the taxpayer and forwarded by such applicable person to the Internal Revenue Service;
(2)by an applicable person for disclosure of return or return information under section 6103 if such request is made in accordance with the requirements of such section; or
(3)by the Secretary of the Treasury as a consequence of the implementation of a change in tax policy.
(d)Penalty
Any person who willfully violates subsection (a) or fails to report under subsection (b) shall be punished upon conviction by a fine in any amount not exceeding $5,000, or imprisonment of not more than 5 years, or both, together with the costs of prosecution.

(e)Applicable person
For purposes of this section, the term “applicable person” means—
(1)the President, the Vice President, any employee of the executive office of the President, and any employee of the executive office of the Vice President; and
(2)any individual (other than the Attorney General of the United States) serving in a position specified in section 5312 of title 5, United States Code.

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 1d

The executive spending money on paying the military without congressional approval is "fall of the Roman republic" behavior.

Molly Reynolds @mollyereynolds.bsky.social · 1d

The executive branch not spending the money that Congress has told them to spend is bad. The executive branch spending money on things for which Congress has not given them money is also bad (and, arguably, worse).

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

President Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum expanding his administration’s authority to repurpose unspent federal funds to pay members of the military during the government shutdown, escalating his challenge to the authority of Congress on spending matters.

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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 17h

This story has all the best things, mystery, heartbreak, libraries

John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 19h

Holy guacamole, this could be the weirdest story I ever worked on. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/s...

A C.I.A. Secret Kept for 35 Years Is Found in the Smithsonian’s Vault

www.nytimes.com

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Regime Accountant, CPA ☠️🎢 @regimecpa.bsky.social · 1d

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