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Yell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 1h

they think the government forces total adherence to an extreme set of beliefs on a population that would otherwise be radically different because they all grew up in churches that operate exactly that way

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 13h

a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 14h

What he’s railing against is a profound shift in culture, status… He’s obsessed with the idea that America is controlled by a leftist “ruling elite” - but “elite” isn’t defined socio-economically or by political power, it means something like: Getting to define “real America” and who gets to belong.

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Alt USAID/ USAID Forever @altusaid.altgov.info · 1h

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Yell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 1h

2026 MBA negotiations collapsed

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 3d

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

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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Yell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 1h

When you’re too close to the son:

Woodrow Peel 🆗🆒 @woodyluvscoffee.bsky.social · 5d

Told a young coworker not to mistake ChatGPT for experience or you'll end up like Icarus and caught him asking ChatGPT who is Icarus

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Yell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 1h

moose annoying?

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Yell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 1h

quoting out of context to add some surreality to your skyline

Bobby A-Morgue 🪦 @kunstderfuge.bsky.social · 1h

I am normal and can be trusted with large quantities of flour

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Yell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 1h

we should

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Yell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 1h

I mean, a lot of people in this city are more likely to be able to take an extra WFH day than to be capable of driving with an adequate following distance.

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Miss Vedra @missvedra.bsky.social · 4h

Hey PNW people this person is right! This happens EVERYWHERE on all our roads too!
Be careful after the first heavy rain!

Be mindful of freeways with those tire-wear grooves; stay out of the dips, so you don’t hydroplane!

Yell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 5h

HEY LA Area people we’re getting our first big rain of the year Monday/Tuesday so here’s the annual reminder for people new to this region: stay off the highways during the first rain, we have such a long dry season they turn extra slippery from months of oil droplets during the first big rain

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Audry T. ~ she/her @audryt.bsky.social · 5h

To NEWBIES and TOURISTS coming to #LosAngeles #SoCal:

This is accurate; the roads are slick as oil when we get our first rain in months. You will crash if you slam on brakes. Light taps to slow, DON'T SPEED OR WEAVE. Drive like a neurotically cautious person even if it's only a light drizzle, k?

Yell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 5h

HEY LA Area people we’re getting our first big rain of the year Monday/Tuesday so here’s the annual reminder for people new to this region: stay off the highways during the first rain, we have such a long dry season they turn extra slippery from months of oil droplets during the first big rain

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Yell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 5h

this is predicted to be DTLA’s biggest October rain total since 2011 in a single storm! Which is mostly because October is usually a dry month but let’s hear it for soaking the sponge before fire season 👏🏻

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Yell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 5h

also, go inflate your tires (on my to-do list today) and check your wiper blades if you will have to drive in this Tuesday

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Yell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 5h

HEY LA Area people we’re getting our first big rain of the year Monday/Tuesday so here’s the annual reminder for people new to this region: stay off the highways during the first rain, we have such a long dry season they turn extra slippery from months of oil droplets during the first big rain

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 7h

People are spontaneously posting up near any laborers or street vendors they spot. Just saw a rapid responder guarding a man working on a building exterior. Many things are terrible today but lord, this stuff matters.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 9h

There are a tremendous number of ICE watchers out in Rogers Park this afternoon after some early morning abductions.

People are guarding churches and patrolling alleyways. Ran into Alderperson Hadden. First timers tell us they're primed and ready to use their whistles.

Know your rights flyer in Spanish on street pole

Alderperson Maria Hadden on street corner

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Yell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 18h

notice how hard the stuntman had to THROW himself off the horse to act like he can’t stick this 🫣😭

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Yell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 18h

I like me a silly 911 show but did the rodeo consultant bless a team roping champion bailing off a casual hi ho Trigger rear? man would be clowned for the rest of his days

Screen grab from 911 NASHVILLE showing a cowboy yeeting himself off a rearing horse in extremely un-cowboy manner

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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 18h

“More than half of the work done by women in the period between the 16th and 18th centuries took place outside of the home, and around half of all housework and three-quarters of care work was conducted professionally for other households” [England]

phys.org/news/2025-10...

A woman's place was not in the home: Challenging the assumptions about women's work in early modern history

New research has revealed that women played a fundamental role in the development of England's national economy before 1700.

phys.org

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Mattslew Batberg-Mothfit (any/all) @mbrobergmoffitt.bsky.social · 20h

When I was homeless in 2019, the Salvation Army shelter refused to give me a bed (even though they were available), because I was on immunosuppressant meds and they didn’t want to be responsible or liable if I got more sick or died on premises. They’d rather I die on the street.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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Yell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 19h

the key is the money goes somewhere I never again look at the balance, I don’t touch it, I don’t even choose grant recipients (just general areas to fund) I pay subject matter experts to do that for me to protect my own cognitive health. utilizing enormous power is lethal brain poison

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Yell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 19h

however I upgrade my OWN lifestyle only minimally enough I can get away with pretending I just received a modest inheritance, I would rather die than be KNOWN as a maximally-wealthy person, I just secretly function as an alt-government funding the arts and cancer research while the actual govt isn’t

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Yell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 19h

but assuming this is a well-regulated genie whose actions will not substantially devalue the U.S. dollar, I will have the genie secretly deliver the maximum available wealth directly to my financial advisor who will park it somewhere hidden where the capital gains sustain my chosen causes forever

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Yell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 19h

depends on what regulatory safeguards this genie has to protect against destabilizing currency markets and whether or not genie privacy legislation protects my identity as the recipient of genie-induced wealth

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Yell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 19h

anyway, this is the first time I’ve felt that sense of “I am being corrected in exactly the way anyone else in this gym would be corrected, and held to the same level of expectations” since my beloved coach had to stop teaching for a bit 😭 so looks like I’m gonna take the champ’s class now

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Yell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 19h

😆 I mean, I don’t think any Trump story starts with Trump in the gym hitting the heavy bag

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Yell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 19h

He actually does spar with students, including women, and at his level of experience he is quite adept at controlling his body so he is one of the safer sparring partners a person can have! I’ve been hit harder by beginner women than he’d ever hit me without meaning to. But I only had my bag gloves.

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