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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 4h

the never trumpers have repeated this bullshit so much that some people believe it

Dan in Kansas City @daninkc.bsky.social · 9h

The media smeared Mitt Romney as Hitler. Then Republicans thought, well we might as well run Hitler.

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spooky joseph reed @josephsreed.bsky.social · 4h

It’s been widely reported that kids have been swimming in white power memes since at least gamergate but likely before

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spooky joseph reed @josephsreed.bsky.social · 4h

If you didn’t know it’s been happening for the past two decades, it’s kinda on you tbh

ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 14h

every young Republican staffer is a Nazi, it's that simple www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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spooky joseph reed @josephsreed.bsky.social · 6h

American Athens!

Michelle Wu 吳弭 @wutrain.bsky.social · 7h

Boston looks forward to welcoming the world to our beautiful city, the cradle of liberty and city of champions.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Trump on moving World Cup games from Boston: "We could take them away. Your mayor is not good."

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spooky joseph reed @josephsreed.bsky.social · 7h

If you want these beautiful baby cats ask @dcluckydog.bsky.social for Jessica and Jackie (you want both)

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spooky joseph reed @josephsreed.bsky.social · 8h

It is, quite possibly, a funnier movie than Groundhog Day

👻Wereman 🐺🎃 @spookarties.bsky.social · Dec 1

Robocop is a movie about a guy who gets killed on the job and they still made him go back to work

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 13h

I really just once a reporter would reply “oh are you gonna cry about it”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Trump: "I don't take questions from ABC fake news after what you did with Stephanopoulos to the vice president of the United States."

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CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 14h

damn, the GOP's so racist these days that they're gonna make me wear out my one good shitpost

A slight variation on the classic Onion headline: "Why Do All These White Nationalists Keep Infiltrating My Political Movement?"

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 18h

I wrote about trans visibility in a time of rising transphobia for @theverge.com www.theverge.com/cs/features/...

How trans visibility became a trap

People who have documented their lives online are discovering the dark side of digital permanence.

www.theverge.com

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spooky joseph reed @josephsreed.bsky.social · 18h

Somehow William Daniels (still alive) is older than John Aston (still alive)

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 1d

You're living through one of the biggest technological transformations in world history and it has nothing to do with AI

Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 1d

Grid scale batteries are changing our electricity system. Excellent new visual story on batteries in FT today shows just how far this technology has evolved.

Fasten your seatbelts, this is just the beginning.

ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...

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spooky joseph reed @josephsreed.bsky.social · 20h

I mostly just found spending 500 pages trying to prove whales are actually fish to be pretty funny

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

Just in case the dramatically low Leni Riefenstahl-style angle was too subtle, they used a word from her most famous movie

Time magazine cover featuring a photo of Trump from a dramatically low angle

HIS
TRIUMPH
by ERIC CORTELLESSA
THE LEADER ISRAEL NEEDED
by EHUD BARAK
HOW GAZA HEALS

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spooky joseph reed @josephsreed.bsky.social · 1d

the whale parts were cool, actually

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Discontinued FOoOoOoOods! 🎃🍫👻🍬 @discontinuedfoods.bsky.social · 1d

Bill Knapp’s (1948-2002): A chain of earnest, "down-home" "family-style" restaurants located around the Midwest U.S. and Florida. Famous for high quality ingredients and meals "from scratch", they tried a hip re-brand in the late 90's, which ultimately led to declining business... a 🧵!

A black and white photo of a restaurant dining room, full of booths, tables, chairs, and "homey" curtains on the windows

A Bill Knapp's menu featuring sections on soups, dinner plates, "meal in a basket", and a steak special

The front of a Bill Knapp's menu, featuring photos of various baked goods such as cake, donuts, muffin tops, and ice breads

The front of a white Bill Knapp's restaurant at dusk, with a red awning and lights in the windows

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spooky joseph reed @josephsreed.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine not liking music because it's not in english

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spooky joseph reed @josephsreed.bsky.social · 1d

Mario and Luigi from The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 2d

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 3d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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spooky joseph reed @josephsreed.bsky.social · 2d

We saw you from across the bar and we really dig your vibe

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spooky joseph reed @josephsreed.bsky.social · 2d

dude is *surrounded* by people who believe all you need to get to heaven is say some magic words

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."