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Zombie Ostrich and 12.5k others @justostrich.com · 7h

The reality is that Maine is actually the oldest state in the union. The voters chose Collins over and over because a lot of them actually want a gerontocracy. Platner being what you (non-Mainer) want isn't being what the average Mainer wants.

GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 8h

there are a couple of ways to think about this, one is that no one should be running for their first senate race at this age, and the other is that if platner can’t beat her, he definitely can’t beat collins. i think he can. everybody needs to stop crying and start fighting.

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 9h

Janet Mills going to the Senate at 79 would make her the oldest elected freshman senator in history — but just as old as or younger than 1 in 9 senators serving in this congress. www.pbump.net/o/a-79-year-...

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Zombie Ostrich and 12.5k others @justostrich.com · 7h

Decorative artificial islands in Dubai

doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 1d

lets say a wizard has cursed you with a lot of money. you are going to become permanently brain damaged simply by being in possession of so much money. the only way out of it is to spend a lot of money on something ridiculous and not at all useful

what would you buy to break the curse?

Zombie Ostrich and 12.5k others @justostrich.com · 8h

Those colleges will go on in your absence to be eventually seized by well-meaning educators who wrest control of the curriculum from your estate and lead to a golden age of higher education.

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Josh @joshmallow.bsky.social · 1d

Things objectively got much worse in Gaza after Trump one but then he jangled some keys and a whole lot of people started drooling like babies

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Zombie Ostrich and 12.5k others @justostrich.com · 8h

So what?

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Zombie Ostrich and 12.5k others @justostrich.com · 8h

"DNCC"???

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Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta @malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social · 10h

THE DNC AND ITS OFFICERS DO NOT ENDORSE IN PRIMARY ELECTIONS —PERIOD!

THE DNC IS NOT FOR— OR— AGAINST YOUR FAVORITE CANDIDATE. WE SUPPORT THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES CHOSEN BY VOTERS.

WE FOCUS ONLY ON BEATING REPUBLICANS SO GOVERNMENT WORKS FOR US.

THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!

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Zombie Ostrich and 12.5k others @justostrich.com · 8h

Gemini lies.

bsky.app/profile/just...

Zombie Ostrich and 12.5k others @justostrich.com · 21d

Gemini making up fake trans history (Paar was a vicious queerphobe who famously PERSONALLY refused to book Christine Jorgensen, the walk-off incident occurred when the networks cut a joke without consulting him)

AI Overview
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Jack Paar's association with Christine Jorgensen centers on an incident in 1960 when Paar walked off The Tonight Show after a network executive allegedly threatened to cancel the program if he booked Christine Jorgensen, the first prominent trans woman. Paar's goal was to host a show with guests the audience would find "fun," and the inclusion of Jorgensen—who was the first widely known trans woman to undergo sex reassignment surgery—was a point of contention for network executives.
The Incident

1960:
Jack Paar famously walked off The Tonight Show in protest after being warned against booking Christine Jorgensen.

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Zombie Ostrich and 12.5k others @justostrich.com · 8h

Like I get the temptation to think "Trump is full of shit and can't do anything good" is dooming and wishcasting but it's just expressing a fact of the universe at this point.

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Zombie Ostrich and 12.5k others @justostrich.com · 8h

Guys who said you gotta hand it to Trump for the ceasefire

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Zombie Ostrich and 12.5k others @justostrich.com · 8h

Reporters should be asking Republicans every day what they think of the SOTH's staffers' statements. But they won't.

Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 9h

JD Vance can dismiss the Young Republicans as a college group chat.

But let's be clear: the group chat includes a State Senator, a Trump Admin official, and multiple Republican staffers — and some of the worst comments came from folks associated with Mike Johnson, Elise Stefanik, and Mike Lawler.

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 9h

JD Vance can dismiss the Young Republicans as a college group chat.

But let's be clear: the group chat includes a State Senator, a Trump Admin official, and multiple Republican staffers — and some of the worst comments came from folks associated with Mike Johnson, Elise Stefanik, and Mike Lawler.

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Zombie Ostrich and 12.5k others @justostrich.com · 9h

For that matter don't put them on any non-e2e platform.

No, telegram and whatsapp aren't e2e encrypted.

K. Chen @tznkai.bsky.social · 10h

Without judging people for writing erotica at a chat bot, please do not pass your sexual fantasies to Sam Altman's engineers. They will download it and laugh at you and then lose it in a massive data leak.

404 Media @404media.co · 14h

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced in a post on X Tuesday that ChatGPT is officially getting into the fuckable chatbots game, with “erotica for verified adults” rolling out in December.

🔗 www.404media.co/chatgpt-erot...

Zombie Ostrich and 12.5k others @justostrich.com · 9h

There's money in printing what billionaires want, not so much in printing what the people want

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Zombie Ostrich and 12.5k others @justostrich.com · 9h

The naïve little stalinist shits who were among the first in the camps and you're doing their memory a huge service by finding reasons to sit out or vote third party every time Hitlerism is on the ballot again

Zombie Ostrich and 12.5k others @justostrich.com · 10h

The KPD should have been punched harder tbh

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Zombie Ostrich and 12.5k others @justostrich.com · 10h

It's not punching left if their "leftism" advocates electing Donald Trump

Nibley 🏳️‍🌈 @nibley.bsky.social · 19d

This is a remarkably naive take. This ain't some antifascist competition and even if it was...if your instincts at this moment in history are to punch left, I'd wager you aren't doing shit but lipping off on the internet.

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 10h

oh good I was worried the utterly unearned Vanity Fair editor job was all she got for violating the most basic rules of journalism

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 10h

Scoop: Olivia Nuzzi has written a book during her year in exile, in which she is set to in part address her relationship with RFK Jr. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/olivia-nuz...

Have I Got Nuzzi For You

Olivia Nuzzi is set to address her relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a forthcoming book, galleys of which are circulating among a select group of readers, Status has learned.

www.status.news

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16h

Hey, I wonder if CBS News has ever had a Jewish woman as president before?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Z...

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Zombie Ostrich and 12.5k others @justostrich.com · 12h

People say shit like this and wonder why most people just assume the insurgent left is full of shit 99% of the time

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 13h

the answer to the question posed here is “very, apparently”

Grandmaster Fei @grandmasterfei.bsky.social · 13h

How hard is it for these people to fathom that (1) in a competitive FPTP system with thermostatic public opinion Democrats cannot win every election every single time; and (2) the best opponent to cede control to would be a center-right party that strongly believes in democracy (aka not today's GOP)

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Zombie Ostrich and 12.5k others @justostrich.com · 14h

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Zombie Ostrich and 12.5k others @justostrich.com · 14h

When speaking of Taibbi and friends' mealy-mouthed defense of fascism we must ask "wait which one"

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 19h

I seem to recall that it was the biggest 1st Amendment attack in American history when the Biden admin alerted social media companies to some content and said "hey does this violate your policies?" Will Matt Taibbi, Michael Shellenberger and (lol) CBS News Editor in Chief Bari Weiss call this out?

Tweet from Pam Bondi:

Today following outreach from
@thejusticedept
, Facebook removed a large group page that was being used to dox and target
@ICEgov
agents in Chicago.

The wave of violence against ICE has been driven by online apps and social media campaigns designed to put ICE officers at risk just for doing their jobs. The Department of Justice will continue engaging tech companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent violence against federal law enforcement.

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 18h

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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